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Previously, mental health treatment had to be administered to inpatients at a state hospital, leaving many to wait months before a bed opened up.

Previously, mental health treatment had to be administered to inpatients at a state hospital, leaving many to wait months before a bed opened up.

The federally-funded organization responsible for protecting the rights of people with disabilities in Missouri believes a proposed change in how the state pays for at-home care could violate the …

An SFPD police officer who in 2019 shot at a civilian in a possible road rage incident while off-duty has been fired from the department.

“Are we truly treating them like human beings if we keep them locked up and they can’t have their day in court because they’re not getting treated?” said Clay County Sheriff Will Akin.

Amid a police officer shortage, San Francisco is considering bringing back Gold Rush-era "patrol specials."

San Francisco is considering reviving its “patrol special” squad, a for-hire private security service enshrined in the city charter and with roots

San Francisco police watchdogs grilled SFPD about their scant auditing process after allegations that officers are falsifying race data.

Missourians who are arrested, deemed unfit to stand trial and ordered into mental health treatment are now detained in jail for an average of eight months before being transferred to a mental health …

As videos of crime in San Francisco go viral on the internet — along with instances of apparent police inaction during such crimes — one civilian group