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Omaha police officer Jeffrey Vaughn stepped onto the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Gretna on a mild June 2020 day.
Data analyzed by Flatwater Free Press shows that Omaha police side with formal citizen complaints nearly 20% of time, but never if those complaints are regarding alleged police bias or discrimination.
The head of an advisory committee on behavioral health care asks Gov. Jim Pillen to abandon a proposed $15 million cut for mental health services.
His brother Michael Good Shield, 60 — some 20 years Bear Heels’ senior — told officers that “if he didn’t kick him, [Bear Heels] would probably have killed him,” court documents read.
The new national mental health crisis hotline 988 launched last summer. Mental health experts discuss how it's working and what lies ahead.