In B-HEARD Pilot Areas, 911 Calls About Emotionally Disturbed People are Overwhelmingly Referred to the Police Rather than Health Professionals

Police response rate also increased from year to year despite a slight decline in share of calls that trigger automatic referrals to the police. Those involve people who are deemed potentially violent or pose an undetermined level of risk of violence.

Risk of Violence  Potentially violent  Undetermined  Nonviolent or others