CLINICIAN Rachel Armada has been riding along with Providence police officers for two years, responding to calls that involve behavioral and mental health matters. The crisis-response program is now expanding to fire and emergency services. COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM/RYAN PICKERING
Most mornings, 28-year-old Rachel Armada accompanies a Providence police officer during a shift, riding along in a cruiser as they answer calls. She’s at the ready when those calls involve someone with a behavioral or mental health problem. “If [the police] are dispatched to a call where somebody seems to be having a mental health…
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