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 ...

A man died in a Sacramento County jail after deputies and nurses exhibited a “callous” indifference toward his health, court-appointed monitors found.

Court-appointed monitors of Sacramento County jails say a man’s fatal overdose was one of multiple deaths in which deputies ...

When Scott County Sheriff Luke Hennen began his career in law enforcement 25 years ago, talking about mental health wasn’t something that happened regularly. After being elected to his ...