Diversion First annual report touts success of Fairfax County’s co-responder program

Fairfax County’s co-responder program, which expanded last year, has helped respond to over 2,000 calls since its inception, according to the county’s 2023 Diversion First annual report.

The program, which launched in 2021 and pairs a Fairfax County police officer with a crisis intervention specialist, expanded last year. It now has four teams that respond to calls between noon and midnight, seven days a week.

It also includes a Post Response Team, “which is comprised of a clinician...