SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County officials will share an update on Monday about a pilot program, which started in 2020, on how to address 911 mental-health-related calls is going.
The Specialized Multidisciplinary Alternate Response Team (S.M.A.R.T.) is dispatched through the Bexar County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Communications Center. The purpose is to more effectively respond with a trained multidisciplinary team and divert individuals experiencing a mental health crisis from jails and emergency departments.
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, Eric Epley, Executive Director of STRAC (Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council) and others are expected to share an update beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Monday.
