Becky Rowe
crisis responder at University of Illinois Police Department
Becky graduated in 2021 with her Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work, and she joined the Division of Public Safety Response Evaluation and Crisis Help (REACH) team in September 2021 as one of its first crisis responders. She responds to emergencies with a police officer and a therapy K9, and she provides clinical assessments and resources in the field. She said she chose this line of work because she wants to provide a voice to people who need help and to help modernize local mental health services.