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Losing control: police confront people in mental health crisis

by dbs | Oct 8, 2023 | Homelessness

A first-of-its-kind investigation finds that huge proportions of the people officers
beat, tase, shoot and kill are mentally ill or intoxicated.

An article By ROBERT SALONGA | rsalonga@bayareanewsgroup.com, HARRIET BLAIR ROWAN | hrowan@bayareanewsgroup.com and LISA PICKOFF-WHITE, KQED | Bay Area News Group. Please read the complete article at “Losing control: When San Jose police confront people in mental health crisis, why do they end up hurting them so often?“.

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