Aurora will launch a program Wednesday similar to Denver’s that sends a medical first responder with a mental health professional on 9-1-1 calls that do not require a police presence. Denverite reports the program will only operate from Wednesday to Saturday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. It is a pilot program lasting six months at a price tag of $160,000. Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program has responded to approximately 1,400 calls in this fashion since June 2020, none of which required police as backup. State lawmakers heard last week during an oversight committee hearing that training dispatchers … Read more