By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado
In Lakewood, there is a push to get more co-responders on the streets. They are trained mental health professionals who go with police officers to calls offering their expertise when someone in Colorado is in crisis.
“Sometimes our patrol agents will call and ask for us,” said Susie Newby, one of two co-responders dedicated to the Lakewood Police Department.
And every response is different.
“With juveniles, Ben has a lot of experience working with them so we prefer him to go on those calls. Susie is really good at de-escalating,” her partner, a Lakewood agent, said.