The County Sheriff's Office is now turning away some calls for help, and mental health advocates and even firefighters are ...

The shift in policy comes, Sheriff Jim Cooper said, after a 2024 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In it, the ...

Authorities in three states have made arrests in connection with individuals impersonating Immigration and Customs ...

Formerly known as SaintA, Wellpoint works primarily with foster youth and their families and provides mental health services to young people.

For years, states strictly limited the amount of time people could be institutionalized. With homelessness rising, some policymakers want to do more.

A deputy with the Camden County Sheriff’s Office encountered what was described as a “critical situation” Friday during the transport of a person with a mental health problem.

North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting ...

But while Black mental health needs are acute, the percentage of clinical psychologists in the U.S. who are Black is 4%. The ...

I don’t want this situation to go to waste,’’ the grieving mother said. “I want to change HOA laws in Alabama and the country ...

Cocaine is easily the most recognisable drug in our consciousness. Movies were rife with grim faced law enforcement officers ...

Last week, seven SAPD officers were injured in a shooting. The original call came in as a suicide in progress with a gun. KSAT has covered multiple stories on mental health response, but does that ...