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Palo Alto backs expanding program for mental health calls

Original post made on Sep 15, 2023

Despite staffing challenges, Palo Alto agreed on Sept. 11 to expand and extend the Police Department's recently launched PERT program, which partners police officers with behavioral clinicians on calls involving mental health crises.

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