Three years ago, the county launched a pilot program to replace ill-equipped law enforcement officials with mental health experts for those in crisis. The effort started small with just a handful of ...

In recent years, mobile crisis response teams respond to 911 calls about people in mental crisis, to avoid involving police. But some crisis units have now closed for lack of consistent funding.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Over the last year, teams of three have responded to behavioral health crisis calls across San Diego County without law enforcement involvement. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams ...

The University of Miami has turned 100 years of experience navigating high-stakes situations into a tested and trusted communications model—and the leadership team is ready to share what they’ve ...

Establishing a crisis management plan may seem overwhelming to school officials unsure of where to start. That’s why we broke the process down into manageable steps designed to help them take action.

W hen an emergency call reaches Oregon State University’s public-safety department, dispatchers don’t automatically send the police. Instead, they can choose to send members of the university’s new ...

After a decade of service and 140 national assignments, including high-profile deployments to Uvalde and the Pulse nightclub, Gio, the FBI's first crisis response canine, is retiring to live with his ...

If your crisis response plan isn’t built on the “Three Cs” – curiosity, compassion, and courage – throw it out and start over. Most plans focus on trying to cover every scenario you can dreadfully ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — There is a small crisis response team that is making a big impact when it comes to the emerging mental health crisis across Las Vegas. "It can be tense," said Amanda Jurden, a ...

The university suffered a student death at an orientation program. The Vice President for Student Affairs came to me and said we did not handle the situation well and to find a better way to handle ...