San Antonio’s mental health crisis team, SA CORE expands city-wide [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — The City of San Antonio is expanding its mental health crisis team, known as SA CORE. It stands for Community Outreach and Resiliency Effort. 

It launched in 2022, with one team who only responded to central/downtown San Antonio. It consists of an SAPD officer, an SAFD paramedic and clinician. They are called out to respond to 911 calls involving mental health, as long as they are not violent.

Last September, city council set aside more than $7 million in funding to expand services city-wide. That expansion started in January.

Andrew Treinies is a San Antonio police officer and joined SA CORE when it expanded. While he has had 8 years of experience in law enforcement, he is new to this job.

“I’ve worked patrol all of …