The city of Columbus is rolling out a four-to-six-week pilot program on Monday that will help determine whether 911 calls need an emergency response by police and firefighter-medics or by others, such as social workers or clinicans who are better equipped to deal with mental health or substance abuse issues. For far too often and long, we ve asked police officers to be social workers, medics, Mayor Andrew J. Ginther said Friday during a news conference to announce what is being called the Alternative Response Pilot Program. The event was held at Columbus Public Health near Downtown.
A paramedic and Columbus Public Health clinician will be embedded in the city s 911 call center to help triage calls and determine whether police and fire should be responding to calls or someone else, said Columbus Fire Capt. Matt Parrish.
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Protesters arrive at Ohio Statehouse
Carrying a large Liberty or Death flag, assault weapons and other firearms, a group of more than 50 gathered at State and Third streets just after 11 a.m outside the Ohio Statehouse.
One man from New Mexico, calling himself a Boogaloo mascot, said of the weapons: Best case scenario, they re just paper weights. We don t even pull them out of the holsters.
A central Ohio woman with the group, who declined to be named because of her frequent contact at the Statehouse, said many of us from the heartland just would like to be heard. The policies of the incoming leadership are just frightening.