Way to Go Olympia

I recently noticed this article about Olympia, Washington successfully using crisis responders rather than police for a variety of types of 911 calls.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/07/24/crisisresponders

Olympia started their program last year, based on a program that had been going on in Eugene, Oregon since 1989.

I grew up about 45 miles north of Eugene and I raised my kids in Olympia. The towns are similar; small-to-mid sized college towns. I wonder how well crisis responders would work in a larger city? Maybe it’s time to give it a try.

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