City Effort to Dispatch Mental Health Workers Ends in Police Response 86% of the Time
The NYPD says the recent shooting of 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty was justified because he lunged at the cops with a...
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Mayor’s office defends Chicago’s mental health crisis response program after whistleblower raises concerns
After a whistleblower raised concerns about short-staffing within the city's Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program, which is supposed to...
Crisis response questions remain after Sacramento sheriff’s new policy on mental health calls
SACRAMENTO -- Since the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department stopped responding to non-criminal mental health calls, the focus has been on...
Response Times to Visual Stimulus Slower in Patients With Glaucoma
Simple reaction time tasks given to patients living with glaucoma had different response times based on whether the task was...
Different systems with similar goals for mental health crisis response
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus said crisis response teams were long overdue to answer mental...
City Removing Police And Fire Departments From Mental Health Emergency Response Program
CHICAGO — The city’s mental health emergency response program will now operate without police officers or fire department paramedics, the...
