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When SPD responds to mental health calls

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When people are experiencing a crisis, it’s often Seattle police who respond first.

In the best scenario the response includes a mental health professional.

That can’t always happen. Seattle Times mental health reporter Esmy Jimenez is here to tell us why.

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