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Beacon adds mental health specialist to police department
In January, the City of Beacon Police Department received roughly 25 calls involving a reported mental health crisis or a person known to have a form of mental illness.
In making recommendations for the department’s state-mandated modernization plan, the Beacon Police Reform Committee noted there is a dearth of mental health services and support.
Last week, the city took steps toward remedying that.
On the same night the Beacon city council adopted its police reform plan to submit to the state, the council created space in the police department’s budget to hire a mental health specialist.