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Trying to change how the emergency response apparatus handles mental health calls

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

Can healing happen in jail?

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

Austin police and mental health advocates make recommendations for patching Travis County's tattered safety net.

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

Leaders commit to 100-day deadline to overhaul mental health services

Falling into the GAP

Investigation ongoing into Tuesday's shooting

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

Travis County's mental health system is cracking under growing patient load

Jason Roque killed during mental health crisis in 2017

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

Family and friends tried to get Herbert "Denny" Babelay the help he needed before he died

Police acted 'reasonably' when they shot a naked man six times, says grand jury

Suit claims commissioners gutted constable's budget after it had already been adopted, in order to transfer mental-health duties from constable's precinct to sheriff's office

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Was it OK for a deputy to shoot a suicidal man holding a gun to his own head? The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will soon weigh in.

The Statesman goes after Glen Maxey – and gays, and the mentally ill

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

Two Austin police officers caught on video beating an unhoused woman have been cleared of wrongdoing

Ajay Griffin did not point a gun at officers, attorneys claim

Criminal justice groups ask Moore to box out untrustworthy officers

What took sheriff's office so long to release info on incident?

Parents say they don't want more officers

City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?

The police shooting of a mentally ill East Austin woman has officers defending their actions and critics raising eyebrows.