INDIANAPOLIS - More than half of the Circle City is now covered by round-the-clock mental health crisis support.

Starting Wednesday, the Clinician-Led Community Response (CLCR) team will take certain non-violent mental health-specific calls in IMPD's Southeast District, in addition to three other districts.

Every day, Hoosiers face emergencies of all kinds. Here in Indianapolis, those experiencing non-violent mental health crises may receive gentler responses than they might somewhere else.

"We are plainly dressed, no lights and sirens, so that alone brings down some of the anxiety surrounding calling 911," said CLCR Executive Director Andrea Brown.

A partnership between OPHS and Stepping Stones Therapy Center, the city's CLCR team of behavioral health professionals takes certain 911 c

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