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We have a Crisis Response Team in my city and it has been blessing.

I believe they are actually part of the fire department or under their leadership but I could be wrong.

The most important thing about the crisis response team is time and patience.

The team is trained in descalation and are able to spend hours with a person in crisis.

They will sit and listen to the person, give them rides if need be and also make contact with people even if they aren’t in crisis to build trust and reliability.

Most of the time that’s all that someone really needs is just someone that will take the time to really listen.

I will also add that there is a definite need for a police presence in my city as well.