In Philly, emergency response often arrives in the form of police officers. A new program seeks a more collaborative approach that addresses residents’ behavioral health needs "The Only Way Out is ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis is expanding a new initiative designed to help those suffering a behavioral crisis without involving police to potentially escalate things. Initially launched on ...

Health officials in the Bay Area and across the state are demanding that Gov. Gavin Newsom restore proposed budget cuts of ...

The Baltimore Police Department has made “substantial progress” in how its officers respond to people with behavioral health issues but fallen short of getting enough officers to take advanced ...

Boulder is now operating an internal co-responder program in an effort to support those experiencing behavioral health crises. The Crisis Intervention Response Team program pairs a licensed clinician ...

In addition to the police, fire, medical and other personnel who are trained to respond to different kinds of emergencies, Boulder employs another, less common type of first responder. Enter the ...

Minneapolis uses the Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team to provide crisis intervention, counseling and connection to support services to residents for free. The city partnered with Canopy Roots, a ...

Just as paramedic work is not inherently unsafe and paramedics are not employed by police departments, behavioral health crisis response is not inherently unsafe and should not be established within ...

What is the scope of the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT)? The scope of the BIT includes identifying, assessing and mitigating potential threats or concerning behaviors to ensure the safety and ...

Boulder is now operating an internal co-responder program in an effort to support those experiencing behavioral health crises. The Crisis Intervention Response Team program pairs a licensed clinician ...