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38 <br /> POTENTIAL BENEFITS: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL. <br /> Reduced Burden on LE and Emergency Medical Services.Facility will operate with a no wrong door approach;that is, it will be a default, <br /> no refusal intake option for law enforcement.LE and EMS stakeholders will be able to collaborate with clinicians to deliver services without <br /> restrictive entry or exclusion criteria thus transitioning individuals to crisis care in lieu of ED or Jail.This approach answers question of Divert to <br /> Where?. <br /> • Cost Savings.EMS and LE personnel responding to calls involving a BH crisis will spend less time in the field determining an appropriate <br /> response and less time at the Facility (less than 15-minutes) compared to either the ED or magistrate/jail.Such an approach will free up personnel <br /> and equipment to respond to other community needs. <br /> Supports Public Safety Reforms.Aligns with Governor's Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (December 2020) by establishing a <br /> dedicated Facility that provides a resource for Orange County to support implementation of key recommendations of the Task Force.As noted <br /> above providing a No Wrong Door answers the question of Divert to Where?thus supporting the following Task Force recommendations: <br /> Task Force Recommendation: Reimagine public safety and reinvest in communities. <br /> Solution #1:Respond more appropriately to situations concerning mental illness,autism,intellectual disabilities,substance abuse, <br /> homelessness,and other nonemergency situations. <br /> Task Force Recommendation:Promote diversion and other alternatives to arrest. <br /> Solution #16:Establish and expand access to diversion programs. <br /> Solution #17:Treat addiction as a public health crisis,including substance use addictions that disproportionately impact black and <br /> brown communities,such as crack cocaine. <br /> 25 <br />