Austin's FIRST pilot pairs a police officer, clinician and paramedic to reach urgent mental health crises faster and cut ER ...

The Hochul administration is investing in expanding non-police responses to mental health crises following the death of ...

The overhaul comes as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepares to take office. During his campaign, he vowed to significantly expand B-HEARD and make his own changes to the program as part of a broader ...

The Clearfield Police Department is launching a new mental health officer program aimed at giving people in crisis the kind of help that goes beyond a single 911 call.

Rural police departments in WNC say embedded social workers connect people with services officers can’t provide, ease crises and reduce repeat calls.

Chief Noe Diaz said HPD plans to release the body camera footage. A UH Clear Lake criminology professor and former mental ...

Robert Garrova explores the weird and secret bits of SoCal that would excite even the most jaded Angelenos. He also covers mental health. The Los Angeles City Controller’s Office made several findings ...

The Maryland Attorney General's Office on Wednesday shared body camera video from the Baltimore Police officers who responded to a mental health crisis that turned into an in-custody death in June.

A Houston police officer was stabbed and wounded by a man during a mental health crisis; another officer fatally shot the ...

Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to ...