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In an effort to support officers' mental health and continue to provide well-rounded community policing, the GBPD is hiring a ...

A polo shirt and jeans aren’t the uniform anyone would typically expect from a police officer or a paramedic. For crisis ...

Cops in three more New Jersey towns will have the backup of mental health professionals when responding to 911 calls for a ...

The hope, Indianapolis Police Chief Chris Bailey said, is that officers won't have to respond to calls better left to mental health experts.

NAMI's Crisis Intervention Team programs train officers how to appropriately communicate with people in crisis. Sharon Horton ...

No two days are the same for the new co-response crisis intervention team at the Grand Blanc Township Police Department. One ...

Holmes Beach Police Department officers drive stunned an autistic man during a traffic stop in September. He was a passenger.

JR Williams’ death spotlights a pursuit loophole in state crash reporting and demonstrates how chases can be unnecessary, not ...

The SafeUT app has three separate focuses. First, it’s a resource for someone who is struggling with mental health, bullying ...

How does early intervention improve outcomes for people ... Mental health professionals are dispatched from the Designated ...

Law enforcement officials ... rehabilitation services or mental health services,” Rose said, “we help connect them to other ...