A County oversight commission took up a sheriff's office policy change to stop responding to non-criminal mental health calls ...

Paul Curtis, chair of the Sheriff’s Community Review Commission, believes having a deputy respond provides an extra level of ...

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

On Tuesday, Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper spoke publicly for the first time since the new ... who would respond to the non-criminal mental health calls that helped de-escalate the situation.

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

A California lawmaker introduced a measure to force health insurers to disclose denial rates and explain denials as anger ...

California voters passed Proposition 1 last year to provide $4.4 billion for mental health and substance use disorder ...