Since the County Sheriff's Department stopped responding to non-criminal mental health calls, the focus has been on 988, the ...

Madisen Keavy reports on changes to how the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office will respond to mental health calls.

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper recently implemented a new policy that stops his deputies from responding to mental health calls unless the situation involves a crime. Cooper fears a court ruling ...

The new sheriff's office policy has drawn concern that vulnerable individuals will be left without critical support.

Gandhi urged people experiencing mental health crises to call 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline, run locally by WellSpace Health and available 24/7. “We want to incorporate the ...

THAT LINE IS RUN BY WELLSPACE HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT, A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SAID IN PART THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ADJUST OUR PROCEDURES AS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE UNINTERRUPTED DELIVERY OF 908 SERVICES ...

We are working closely with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and WellSpace Health on this updated policy and will continue to adjust our procedures as needed to ensure the ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...