![Members of UIUC Response, Evaluation and Crisis Help (REACH) - left: Megan Cambron, Crisis Outreach Coordinator, University of Illinois Police Department and Elma Halpin, Behavioral Health Detective, University of Illinois Police Department.](/images/uploads/_small/211012MeganElma.jpg)
How can mental health responders change policing?
In Illinois, mental health workers are beginning to be paired with police officers while responding to calls. We talked with members of a police department, a behaviorial health program and a program that offers alternatives to calling the police during mental health crises.