Behavioral Response Unit News Today

The Mental Health Association of Central Florida hosted its annual Legacy of Champions luncheon.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokanes new Fire Chief is ready to tackle some of the citys greatest challenges as she assumes her new role.

It’s a first for Central Florida: 911 dispatchers can now assist when someone in a mental health crisis calls for help.

SPOKANE, Wash. - Paramedics in Spokane have a new tool when it comes to helping people recover after a drug overdose.

The sheriff's office said they had been called to the home where it happened 16 times in the last year.

The name of a man killed by Orange County deputy sheriffs was released Wednesday, a day after he was shot while charging at deputies responding to a reported suicide attempt in the Fairview Shores neighborhood. Deputies arrived to a home on Davisson Street around 3 p.m. Tuesday, where 43-year-old Decarlos Long was reported to have been hurting himself with a kitchen knife. Sheriff John Mina ...

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By comparison, housing programs get short shrift

SPOKANE, Wash. -- When Spokane paramedics treat overdose victims with Narcan, often times those same victims end up overdosing again just hours later.

A citizen board has prompted some policy changes for Orlando police, but some community members feel their authority is too limited.