Longview council approves grant-funded mental-health hires and COPS grant to expand multidisciplinary response The council approved a grant-funded memorandum of understanding to place two qualified mental-health professionals with the city's multidisciplinary response team and accepted a $250,000 COPS grant to expand the city's POST unit from two to four officers, aiming to improve crisis response and reduce emergency-room and jail diversions.

Longview City Council is taking bold steps to enhance community health by adding mental-health professionals and expanding its crisis response unit!

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