Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement (CORE / Co-Responder)
Longmont Department of Public Safety’s CORE team is a specialized co-responder unit comprised of a specially trained police officer, a behavioral health clinician, and a paramedic. Together, the CORE team responds to 911 calls for service that indicate a mental health crisis. Once on scene, members apply their specialized skill sets to provide triage and assessment, de-escalate crisis conditions, manage field clearances, and divert individuals with behavioral health conditions from the justice system and the emergency room – redirecting them to appropriate treatment destinations. The goal of this program is to produce a dynamic, flexible response model for mental health crisis calls that brings the right resources sooner, identifies the dominant issue quickly, and takes the individual to the appropriate destination the first time while providing a robust case management and outreach system. This unit of skilled, dedicated professionals focuses on building relationships with participants while working to help people improve their quality of life.
Our CORE team responds to more than 2,800 mental health crisis calls per year and engages in over 5,000 contacts with our community members annually.
Who is on the team?
- Specially trained police officers
- Mental health clinicians
- Paramedics
“Promote and provide outreach, resources, connection, and advocacy, to advance the quality of life of the Longmont community and individuals with behavioral health needs. This is accomplished through education, clinical intervention, and community safety assessment.” – Public Safety CORE Team’s Mission Statement
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What is the Longmont Co-Responder Team Model?
For questions regarding the Longmont Co-Responder (CORE) Program:
Email the Longmont Public Safety CORE
To contact the Longmont Public Safety CORE Team by phone for a non-urgent request: 303-774-4866
For immediate assistance, please contact the Longmont Emergency Communications Center (LECC) non-emergency or call 911 for an emergency.
About other Colorado Co-Responder programs through Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA)
The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) has created a page to highlight Co-Responder programs in Colorado and provide general information for those interested in learning more. Agencies that work with BHA, including Longmont Public Safety, submit statistics to BHA specific to co-responder contacts and outcomes.
