In an effort to respond sensitively to mental health crises, professionally trained counselors will partner with the University of Texas Police Department to provide a combined response to mental health-related calls and emergencies. This new partnership, the Mental Health Assistance and Response Team (MHART), will dispatch mental health professionals alongside plainclothes police officers to respond to individuals in crisis beginning this fall. Similar initiatives have been rolled out in cities across the country, but UT Austin is one of the first universities to implement a program of this kind.
https://news.utexas.edu/2021/08/31/ut-austin-to-improve-mental-health-crisis-response/
