AGENDA: Marion County to discuss second mobile crisis unit for mental health
Marion County building in downtown Salem (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)
Marion County added a second mobile crisis team to its ranks last summer and, on Wednesday, will discuss retroactively approving the contract.
Crisis units take calls from 9-1-1 dispatch that involve mental health components, according to the Marion County agenda. The units pair law enforcement with mental health specialists to answer the calls.
The crisis unit made 700 contacts in 2015, an annual high,…
