Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the San Mateo Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month.

Gurnee police have established a team dedicated to responding to calls involving mental health crises and providing other ...

The East Lansing Police Department is offering “Mental Health First Aid” training to anyone who wants to help address mental ...

Panos Karanikolas is a member of the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC). He received funding for this research from the National Disability Research Partnership as part of a ...

"One-quarter of fatal police shootings involve people with mental illness." New York City Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio and first lady Chirlane McCray announced a pilot project this week that experts say ...

In 2023, Joe Stapel, a former police officer with post-traumatic stress disorder, started Help Michigan Heroes to help first ...

A new program within the Albany Police Department that dispatches unarmed case workers to 911 calls – including for people having mental health issues – offers insight into how a similar effort could ...

STATE POLICE RELEASING BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF ONE OF THEIR TROOPERS TALKING TO A MAN STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE TOBIN BRIDGE.

Jennifer McRae is a digital media producer for CBS Colorado with more than 25 years of experience in news. Jennifer is part of the digital team recognized for excellence for Best Website several times ...

Officers are spending more than 14,000 hours per month responding to mental health calls.