{"id":3070,"date":"2026-08-27T07:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3070"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:40:54","slug":"memphis-police-launch-new-mental-health-crisis-response-featuring-mhc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/news\/memphis-police-launch-new-mental-health-crisis-response-featuring-mhc\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Police Launch New Mental Health Crisis Response \u2014 Featuring MHC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u2018fourth option\u2019 sets out to prevent escalation and improve outcomes when a caller is in need of mental health support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Memphis Police Department is transforming how it responds to mental health emergencies through a new initiative called the &#8220;Fourth Option,&#8221; which routes eligible 911 calls to a specialized team of a paramedic, a licensed social worker, and a crisis-trained officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHC&#8217;s own Michael Randolph, Director of Co-Response Services, was featured in the story, emphasizing that having trained responders on the phone can begin de-escalation from the very first moment of contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the kind of community partnership MHC believes is essential to closing gaps in mental health care across Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2026\/08\/28\/memphis-police-aim-transform-how-they-handle-mental-health-crises\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read the full story at Action News 5 \u2192<\/span><\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018fourth option\u2019 sets out to prevent escalation and improve outcomes when a caller is in need of mental health support. The Memphis Police Department is transforming how it responds to mental health emergencies through a new initiative called the &#8220;Fourth Option,&#8221; which routes eligible 911 calls to a specialized team of a paramedic, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3071,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-3070","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3072,"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3070\/revisions\/3072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhc-tn.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}