The program, which launched in 2022, initially involved mental health professionals responding to non-violent calls.

Cities across New York State are battling a mental health crisis, that often falls onto the local police departments. One ...

The department has a new Crisis Assessment Response Team, a model already used by Milwaukee, West Allis and the Milwaukee ...

As seen in this week’s Chagrin Falls police blotter Police and EMS received a call 8:48 a.m. Jan. 27 for a situation ...

Austin leaders have asked for a review of city responses to mental health calls. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact) A review of ...

to the thefts and all these other kinds of things that are really in the lane for a police officer to respond to?" she said. Campbell's understanding is mental health calls are not considered ...

Four of the Peel police officers who responded to a 2020 call that ended with a 62-year-old with schizophrenia being Tasered and shot dead have faced previous allegations of police misconduct ...

The Canandaigua Police Department’s 2024 Annual Report sheds light on crime trends, major cases, and persistent staffing challenges affecting law enforcement efforts in the city. The department, led ...

there were certain groups and individuals that didn’t want police responding to mental health calls, people in crisis, drug addiction,” Russell said. “I guess I challenge those individuals now, and I ...

They called for a $195 million boost for children’s care and a switch from police-led to peer-led crisis response on mental health calls. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment ...

Isaiah Stott was considered emotionally distressed by a police crisis team the day before he injured an officer and was ...

San Jose officials are voicing concern about how to keep paying for a non-police response program for mental health ...