It’s been more than five years since the 988 system in the U.S. went live (see 15% Of Mental Health Apps Refer Users To 988 & 24% Offer An Alternative Hotline). There have been local refinements along the way. Cleveland passed Tanisha’s Law, establishing a Community Crisis Response Department that will deploy unarmed crisis teams instead of police for certain non-violent emergencies (see Cleveland Passes ‘Tanisha’s Law’; Mental Health Crisis Calls Will Change Under The Law). And newly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for a new Department of Community Safety after police recently opened fire on a man in a mental health crisis (see …