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essential services during periods of crisis. We have applied for a grant with the US
Department of Justice to expand the program to include adding full-time mental
health clinicians who will be assigned to the department full-time. We just received
authorization from Mayor Hopkins to extend the program into the foreseeable future
by using opioid abatement settlement money received by the city. I want to thank
Captain Dutra and Officer Jose Afonso, who were instrumental in creating the
program. The 15 other Officers from the CIT Team and our community partners
should also be credited for their hard work in making the program an overwhelming
success.
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