The sheriff’s change in policy is the result of a federal appeals court ruling in July. The appellate decision meant that two ...

The new sheriff's office policy has drawn concern that vulnerable individuals will be left without critical support.

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

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said it won’t be responding to mental health crisis calls where no crime is being ...

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

The change comes after a federal court ruling that removed the legal protections for officers responding to certain calls.

The decision follows a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found police use of force in such situations unconstitutional.

Sacramento Metro firefighters say a new policy from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office on mental health calls could put ...

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

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office has announced that deputies will no longer respond to mental health calls unless a ...

Reporters identified almost 5,000 incidents in which people experiencing mental health crises had non-fatal force used ...

GROVE, Okla. — A Grove teenager told police he built a toilet paper fort over a dog bed and spent a couple of nights there ...