The help you need,
when you need it.
Over 100 American cities now send civilian first responders instead of police to low-level health and safety needs in the community. Join the movement to bring community responders to Buffalo and Erie County.
A New Type of First Responder
Community responders are first responders, just like firefighters, police, and paramedics. They respond immediately, in person, to low-risk calls related to health and social needs. Calls include (but are not limited to) those related to mental and emotional distress, drug use, arguments, homelessness, and poverty. Teams are composed of health professionals and peers with lived experience and respond to calls independently, without police. They aren’t dispatched to calls involving violence, crimes in progress or medical emergencies, except as a secondary response.
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