Commissioners poised to support Salem Fire mental health crisis response team pilot 

Marion County’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday signaled support for staffing a county mental health worker to respond to Salem Fire Department calls downtown as part of a new crisis team.

But details of the city-county partnership, including how communication with law enforcement will work and what the new mental health specialist’s work schedule will look like, remain to be worked out before the program can launch. Officials have set a target date of Jan.…