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- 1Chicago mental health response teams expand to night hours●Mental health response teams now have night time hours, city officials say
City officials in Chicago say mental health response teams will now operate during night time hours, extending a program that dispatches clinicians instead of police to certain emergency calls. The change means residents experiencing a mental health crisis overnight can be met by specialized teams rather than traditional law enforcement. Officials say the expansion is intended to improve crisis care citywide.