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Stockton to use crisis intervention workers on some mental health 911 calls

Feature Photo: Stockton City Council members Paul Canepa, Susan Lenz and Kimberly Warmsley at the council meeting on June 27. (ROBYN JONES/CONTRIBUTOR) Stockton will soon deploy crisis intervention workers rather than police or fire crews to handle some nonviolent and low-level 911 calls involving mental health issues. The city is following a nationwide trend in […]