Sheriff Jim Cooper and District Attorney Thien Ho used a Wednesday evening town hall to call for new limits on the state's ...

Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies investigate a shooting in 2022. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies have limited their response to certain mental health-related 911 calls. Paul Kitagaki Jr ...

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 ...

A CHANGE IN THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE POLICY FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS IS CAUSING CONTROVERSY. BEING MENTALLY ILL IS NOT A CRIME, AND WE CAN’T BE THE ANSWER. EARLIER THIS MONTH ...

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office held a townhall Wednesday to discuss the changes they want to see in the state’s ...

SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Tuesday gave more details about a new policy not to respond to non-criminal mental health calls. The policy changes are in response to a July ...

SACRAMENTO -- Since the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department stopped responding to non-criminal mental health calls, the focus has been on 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline ...

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office hosted a town hall to address what they call a growing concerns about California's ...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper and District Attorney Thien Ho are calling for reforms to California's mental health ...

Cooper and Ho say they plan to continue pushing lawmakers for changes they believe will better balance public safety and ...

"The cops are handcuffed, the DAs are handcuffed, the courts are handcuffed, and it's because of this law," said Sgt. Amar Gandhi.