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This is Ted Health. I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Unger-Lighter.

Despite being a medical issue, mental health crises were often addressed using law enforcement.

This can lead to tragic outcomes.

What if the police were able to respond to a 911 call with the help of a trained mental

health team? In her December 2020 TEDx Mile High Talk, Colorado State Representative

Leslie Herod visited my hometown, Eugene Oregon, to see this in action.

By triaging cases and matching the necessary response to a given situation, law enforcement

are able to serve their community with empathy and humanity.

There's another podcast you might enjoy. It's called Am I Normal from the Ted Audio Collective?

It's back with a new mini-series all about the stories behind the statistics.

What does adulthood mean in a place where more than three-quarters of people between ages 18 and 35 live with their parents?

What defines joy when you live in one of the top ranked countries for happiness?

Here from the people that make up every interesting data point.

Listen to Am I Normal? Wherever you get your podcasts.

Call me weird, but I love a good ride along. Like, love them.

I've been on ride-alongs across the world, in Amsterdam, in Canada, in Boston, and even right here in Denver.

And what I've learned is that people call the cops for a number of reasons.

Anything from a lost cat to a neighbor they just want to know more about to maybe a loved one or a stranger having a mental health crisis.

But really, at the heart of it, people call 911 because they just don't know what else to do.

What I've learned though is that sometimes when you call 911, it can make a bad situation even worse.

Maybe a loved one is arrested or they're placed on a 72-hour hold.

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