City Of Palo Alto: Palo Alto Launches New Psychiatric Emergency Response Team

Palo Alto CA

04 December, 2021

10:10 AM

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Press release from the City of Palo Alto: December 03, 2021 The City announced today the launch of a Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) in partnership with Santa Clara County, becoming the second law enforcement agency and first city in the County to change its service delivery. The program teams up a police officer with a licensed mental health clinician to provide rapid intervention to a person in mental health crisis. Read the full news release This press release was produced by the City of Palo Alto. The views expressed here are the author's own.