NEW YORK — Teams of mental health professionals and EMTs responding to 911 calls in a pilot system in Harlem have reduced the charge of hospitalizations for people in crisis, information introduced by New York City displays.

But advocates say extra perform is essential to eliminate law enforcement from psychological wellness emergencies as three quarters of the calls in the pilot have been nevertheless routed to police.

The numbers produced Thursday from the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Psychological Health and fitness gives the to start with search into the pilot system that pairs social personnel and EMTs — instead than armed police officers — to respond to mental health and fitness unexpected emergency phone calls.

The plan is the 1st of its kind in the nation’s greatest town, subsequent on the successes of other individuals, such as in Denver, which released a pilot in recent years, and Eugene, Oregon, household to the CAHOOTS civilian response method since 1989.

In New York, the EMTs and social employees react when there is no weapon or “imminent risk of violence.” Two groups of a few are on responsibility 16 hrs a working day in two shifts.

Through the initially month of the pilot from June 6 to July 7, dispatchers flagged 138 psychological overall health crisis calls in three law enforcement precincts as eligible for the new teams, which is roughly a quarter of the psychological health emergency calls fielded in the area where the plan is functioning.

Of these qualified phone