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Oakland Group Offers Non-Police Hotline for Mental Health or Substance Abuse Emergencies – NBC Bay Area
Chances are 911 is the first phone number you memorized, but now a group in Oakland wants people to dial a different number when there’s a mental health crisis or a substance abuse emergency. It’s a non-police emergency hotline manned by trained volunteers who want to offer an alternative to people who don’t trust police. …