{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-12-7","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-12-7","heading":"Notification of co-responder team of emergencies.","body":"When an emergency call involving an individual’s behavioral health crisis is received by a communications officer or public safety agency, and a civilian-only response team is not appropriate or available, the communications officer shall notify the co-responder team in the jurisdiction where the emergency is located, if practicable, regardless of whether other peace officers are also dispatched. The co-responder team will work collaboratively to de-escalate the situation; provided, however, that all final decisions shall be made by the officer team member or his or her superiors.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 12 Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Programs"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.37.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"073a68c59f90ecee0fbc7a9a3af98c69786b09dae3302536ffbc87f4da2ca0c5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-12-6","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-12-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}