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The next year will see some important steps forward as Arlington County looks to uncouple law enforcement from its response to homelessness and behavioral health crises. In 2024, the county will implement new protocols and a call system to ensure people experiencing behavioral health crises -- due to a mental illness, substance use disorder or

EDITORS NOTE: This is the third and final story in a series on the challenges law enforcement faces in handling calls involving people in mental health crisis and the efforts

"In hindsight, the momentum from those street protests was destined to stall in a nation that historically has lacked the emotional stamina or spiritual resolve to sustain a pursuit of social justice," writes columnist Michael Paul Williams.

Henrico County's Administration building at the western Henrico government center. (Photo by Analise Beres for the Henrico Citizen) At its Sept. 27 meeting, the Henrico Board of Supervisors approved $69.9 million in new spending as part of the county’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget. Of that amount, $14.4 million is spending requests carried over from the

St. Josephs Villa is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Friar to Chief Executive Officer. Jenny Friar began serving St. Josephs Villa in 2007 as a consultant with CCS,

The Marcus Alert Program, designed to equip first responders to better triage mental health-related calls for service, launched in the Roanoke region on July 1.

CBS 6 continues to investigate why Charles Byers, the man shot and killed by Chesterfield Police, was released from Chippenham Hospital while under court-ordered mental health treatment and then...

Culpeper and its surrounding counties are one of several pilot sites for the program. The region has implemented a new dispatch system and police and mental health responders are working together more than ever before. But there simply aren't enough behavioral health specialists to get police completely out of the picture.

The district mostly includes parts of western Virginia Beach and a small part of Norfolk.

Marcus-David Peters and Joshua Mathis died at the hands of police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Each was family to Princess Blanding.