Responding And Helping: The Erie Police Department's Crisis Intervention Unit
Friday, March 21, 2025 at 12 PM
In May 2023, the Erie Police Department relaunched its 24-hour Crisis Car Unit ,and with it the department's Crisis Intervention Unit, after a nearly two-decades long absence. Staffed by professionally trained police officers working along side crisis service workers and in partnership with UPMC Western Behavioral Heal that Safe Harbor, the unit's primary function is to work with the mental health community – from being first responders, to providing referrals. Lt. Jamie Russo, who directs the unit, will discuss its launch, its impact, and its future.
