Co-Responder Program

Co-Responder Program

The Knoxville Co-Response Team is a partnership between the Knoxville Police Department and the McNabb Center that pairs a Crisis Intervention trained KPD officer with a Masters level clinician to respond to behavioral health crisis. Individuals served are both children and adults within the Knoxville city limits. There are six teams currently serving in Knoxville.

The KPD was the first law enforcement agency in the state of Tennessee to form a co-responder program.

The co-responder program began as a pilot program in 2020. The first-ever co-responder team began working in the field together in October 2020. The program expanded in 2021 after receiving approval from Knoxville City Council. 

The co-responder team is available to respond seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.