Rhiannon Saegert
COVID-19 is straining police resources on mental health calls, while local organizations are trying to create a new system that stops crises before they start, top city staffers said this week.
Holt Staff photo — Jerry Larson
During a presentation Tuesday to
"Looking at the raw data for 2020, it appears COVID-19 likely had serious adverse effects on statewide mental health resources and the ability to place consumers who are in crisis into treatment facilities,"
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