WHITE PLAINS – As Dutchess and other counties have done, Westchester County is now establishing a mental health resource team program to assist police.
County Executive George Latimer, who won a second four-year term on Tuesday, said the program will provide resources when they are needed.
“Alongside police response they can deal with an incident that may involve a person having a mental health issue so that if the proper response is a mental health-related moment, then we will have persons who are trained to do that and obviously and they go in concert with the police who are able to handle those incidents where violence might occur,” he said.
The program was among the top recommendations of the police reform plan drafted by the county earlier this year.
