County officials point to crisis response services, crisis center as city tables plans for non-police program
Brenton Gicker, left, and Katie Haney call up to a woman in order to check on her at her apartment. The two CAHOOTS workers responded to low-level 911 calls. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter)
Jacque Heavey witnessed a man on Oct. 5 sitting on a bench by the tennis courts at Bush’s Pasture Park and loudly talking to himself.
On Oct. 7, Heavey saw the man in the same place but standing, agitated, screaming and frantically moving…
