Health insurance is sometimes a revenue source for mobile crisis teams. That’s because a crisis call is a type of mental ...

Interactions between police and someone in psychiatric crisis can end in violence. Communities have been sending mental health professionals... They help police with mental health calls. So why are ...

The city’s crisis response unit, created nearly a decade ago, currently runs a single midday shift with just three officers, one sergeant, and one lieutenant on the schedule, according to reporting.

A Clive police program focused on mental health crises and diversion faces funding questions as grant support declines and city leaders weigh next steps.

Senate Bill 196 would fund behavioral health responders and stabilize the 988 line, helping law enforcement connect people to care instead of jail.

The chief of Seattle’s burgeoning alternative to police, Amy Barden, voiced her frustration Tuesday about the bureaucratic and “territorial” limits being placed on her department, saying the recently ...