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

The County Sheriff's Office is now turning away some calls for help, and mental health advocates and even firefighters are ...

Court-appointed monitors of Sacramento County jails say a man’s fatal overdose was one of multiple deaths in which deputies and nurses exhibited a “callous” indifference toward detainees.

The change comes after a federal court ruling that removed the legal protections for officers responding to certain calls.

The decision follows a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found police use of force in such ...

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said it won’t be responding to mental health crisis calls where no crime is being ...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper said Tuesday that his deputies will only respond to calls if a crime is being committed, has been committed, or if there is a request for service in which an ...

GROVE, Okla. — A Grove teenager told police he built a toilet paper fort over a dog bed and spent a couple of nights there ...

Sacramento Metro firefighters say a new policy from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office on mental health calls could put ...

The Sacramento River between Shasta Lake and the Shasta County line will be closed to recreational boating due to increased ...

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects who lit a stolen car on fire this week during an incident in ...

The shift in policy comes, Sheriff Jim Cooper said, after a 2024 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In it, the court found a Las Vegas police officer liable for the death of a man in mental ...