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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.
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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.