Antioch officials welcomed the city's first mental health crisis response team and its mobile crisis response van Monday morning.
And with that, he cut the ceremonial ribbon on a brand-new emergency response van. The event officially introduced the Angelo Quinto Community Response Team, named in honor of the young man who died in 2020 after police forcibly subdued him as he was having a mental health episode. His sister Bella told the crowd she was still haunted by her decision to call authorities for help.
"Had that been done, and he been just kept in a calm state and people would have spoken to him, I think he would be alive today," said Angelo's father, Robert Collins. The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office last September declined to file charges against the police, citing autopsy results. That office, and the FBI, are now investigating the Antioch Police Department for a number of alleged civil rights violations.
The CRT has quietly been operating in the city since February under a contract with a company called Fenton Institute. CEO Al Gilbert estimates they have relieved police of about 30 percent of their calls, most of which they are not properly trained to handle. City council member Monica Wilson said while other municipalities around the country have chosen to cut mental health services,"Antioch has decided to buck that trend and make it a priority."
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