They are trained to help save lives when people call the state’s 988 hotline, but several crisis specialists claim they were forced to listen to deviant callers who sexually harassed them and slung racial slurs, according to a lawsuit they filed this month. Six women are named as plaintiffs in a civil rights lawsuit they filed against Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners in U.S. District Court Colorado. Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners is a nonprofit organization that handled crisis phone calls in Colorado. Over the past two years, RMCP staffed the state’s 988 hotline on behalf of the Behavior Health Administration, until this past weekend when a different company took over the hotline. More local videos here: https://youtube.com/@9news Subscribe to NEXT: https://youtube.com/@Nexton9NEWS Stay connected: 9NEWS Website: https://www.9news.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news Twitter: https://twitter.com/9NEWS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9newsdenver/ Download the 9NEWS App: https://www.9news.com/appredirect/ Sign up for the 9NEWSLETTER: https://www.9news.com/email 9NEWS (KUSA) is located in Denver, Colorado.