Why Is This Important?
Portland Street Response (PSR) is a part of Portland’s 911 response system that assists people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crises. Calls where a patient is treated and released per protocol are considered a ‘success’ i.e. PSR arrived, located the client, assessed the need, and delivered an appropriate service. The appropriate service varies depending on the situation, and can be anything from medical treatment for an injury, transport to a shelter, referral to services, to provision of basic necessities. Tracking this measure helps us gauge PSR’s ability to arrive promptly enough to locate the subject and the nature of the need when they arrived.