Behavioral Health Unit - Duluth Police Department

Mental Health Unit (CORE): Responds to mental health calls. An officer and a homeless advocate team up to work together to get individuals to the right resources. Substance Use Response Team (SURT): Provides post-overdose outreach. Program divert individuals with substance use disorders away from the criminal justice system and into services that are supportive of their recovery. This is a peer recovery-led and run outreach program that does not include police in follow-up attempts but is instead embedded within a law enforcement agency.

10/29/2025