Here’s what’s happened since Prosper ISD put mental health first after 4 students died by suicide
‘Whether it’s just being there for somebody or saving a life, this class really does help,’ says a member of Hope Squad, one of the district’s innovative responses to tragedy.
Some of the participants in Prosper High School s 75-member Hope Squad in the campus lobby, where hundreds of students signs signed yellow cards as pledges to support suicide awareness. On the front row, from left: Cameron Stulting-Flores, Baylie Bishop, adviser Tony Cooper and Sam Simonini. Back row: Reagan Starnes, Avery Fantl, Jack Diehl and Juliana Ruiz.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
The RIGHT Care Program Prepares to Expand Citywide
When it comes to mental health intervention, the city and county have found a way to collaborate and thrive.
By Will Maddox
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Healthcare Business
February 2, 2021
2:30 pm
Social workers and clinicians will soon play key roles in all emergency mental health calls placed in the city of Dallas. It has been happening for the past three years in southern Dallas, through a pilot project between Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas Fire Rescue, and the Dallas Police Department. They combine to respond to mental health crises, giving off-site clinicians the power to take the calls and deploying social workers alongside police officers. After arriving and securing the scene, the cops back off and offer support.
Traffic temporarily halted on U.S. Highway 75 after man jumps from overpass, police say
Around 8 a.m., Dallas police on Twitter urged residents to avoid the area while officers dealt with “a distressed individual.”
Around 8 a.m., Dallas police on Twitter urged residents to avoid the area, while officers dealt with “a distressed individual.”(Irwin Thompson / Staff Photographer)
Police said a man was injured Tuesday morning after jumping from an overpass onto U.S. Highway 75.
North and southbound traffic was temporarily shut down on the highway at Haskell Avenue, causing a backup for miles.
Around 8 a.m., Dallas police on Twitter urged residents to avoid the area while officers dealt with “a distressed individual.”
Dallas County DA Creuzot flexes new crime-fighting muscle in cases involving mental illness
To slow the jailhouse’s revolving door, this initiative seeks ‘to turn a potentially high-risk individual into a low risk or even no risk.’
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot (center) worked to get care coordinators Carly Turner (from left) and Twana Northcutt, both with the North Texas Behavioral Health Authority, and LaVonda Herring (far right) of Metrocare Services to assist Lee Pierson (right of Creuzot) and his mental health division team. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are kept up to date on all the care coordinators clients.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
Apparent murder-suicide in Richardson under investigation
The victim has been identified as Olga Korobovskaya, principal of Dallas ISD’s Downtown Montessori; the man suspected of killing himself after shooting her has not been named.
A man and a woman were found shot in an apparent murder-suicide in a Richardson home early Tuesday, police said.(File/Staff) Revised to include the suspect’s name.
A man and a woman were found shot in an apparent murder-suicide in a Richardson home early Tuesday, police say.
Officers found their bodies inside a home in the 2100 block of Sunrise Trail, near Spring Valley and Jupiter roads, about 4 a.m. Tuesday.