In Oklahoma City, a new program is diverting emergency mental health calls to trained social workers, peer support ...

Albuquerque’s earned national attention for sending social workers instead of police to non-emergency situations. Now, a ...

People who are in distress and need support are often met with handcuffs, detention and are sent to hospital emergency ...

One in five adults experiences a mental illness each year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

A city initiative to respond to mental health emergencies with social workers and EMTs instead of police officers is failing ...

In an emergency, police are often the first called to the scene. But they are rarely equipped to deal with complex mental ...

Proactive school safety measures, mental health support, and community partnerships are key to creating a school culture that ...

Columbus has installed an independent review board, revamped the way it responds to protests and created alternative response ...

More and more communities have concluded that the police can’t be expected to solve every problem and are shifting some of ...

City council in Williams Lake, B.C., is looking to impose a state of local emergency over an increase in street disorder and ...

Concerns have been raised about the handling of medical emergencies in schools after a student at Ayios Neophytos Lyceum in ...