Justin Ball is officially taking the reins as chief of Dallas Fire-Rescue after serving as interim leader for nearly a year.

As interactions between police and those in mental health crises continue to produce fatal results nationwide, Indianapolis ...

A new model for mental health emergency response proposes hiring a licensed clinical social worker to lead a co-responder ...

The city of Phoenix continues to have more emergency response calls handled by mental health specialists rather than police ...

Despite uncertainty when it comes to state funding for mental health services, a clinician is now helping Tulsa’s 911 ...

Salt Lake City is launching a new mental health tool for the first responders behind 911 calls as part of National Public ...

Tulsa 911 Call Center now includes a mental health clinician, a collaborative initiative with Family & Children’s Services offering immediate COPES support to handle mental health crises more ...

A mobile team specializing in de-escalating mental health emergencies in Douglas County responded to nearly 80% more ...

New Jersey's Mobile Response and Stabilization Services provide tailored mental health care for youth in crisis, showing the effectiveness of rapid response.

The new program, called the Specialized Assistance for Everyone Team, or SAFE, is a mobile crisis response team comprising civilian first responders. According to the city of Novato, SAFE's services ...