“It’s critical to have the right intervention at the right time by the right person,” when responding to a person in a mental health crisis, said Abbey May, Director, Emergency and Crisis Services, ...

(TNS) — In advocating for criminal justice reform, this newspaper has supported efforts to embrace an early intervention system that identifies police officers with problematic behaviors. We applaud ...

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training is expanding, although still not mandated in Connecticut. It prepares police officers for calls involving people in a mental health crisis, which cannot always ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Police Chief Mike Reynolds and social services advocate Steven Jennings were recognized earlier this month by the Arkansas chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for ...

WOODLAWN. OFFICER JOAQUIN PRUDENTE GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY NEARLY A YEAR AGO. NO, HE MADE A DIFFICULT CAREER CHOICE. I JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF A CHANGE. I KNOW POLICING HAD A BAD STIGMA. HIS ...

Residents of Portland, Oregon, say the homeless crisis is the biggest problem plaguing the city but still believe police intervention is not the answer, according to a new survey from the Portland ...

Across the Oakland Unified School District, the mantra for school staff is to call city police only as a last resort. If a disturbance occurs, they should rely first on in-house staff who don’t carry ...