Louisville leaders, law enforcement and mental health professionals gathered Wednesday to discuss how police can better respond to people experiencing mental health crises following two recent fatal shootings involving Louisville Metro Police officers.
The program will expand its service hours to 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all eight LMPD divisions beginning Monday, July 1, 2024.
Mayor Craig Greenberg delivered the annual address Thursday morning at the Rotary Club of Louisville.
A pilot program began in March 2022 to divert calls involving mental health crisis cases to trained operators or counselors.
A year-old program that sends certain 911 calls to non-police response is expanding in Louisville after a successful year.
