Sacramento's sheriff and district attorney are urging changes to the state's mental health diversion program, claiming it is being used as a loophole to get people out of jail.

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.

Haley Joel Osment was sentenced after he was arrested for public intoxication in California in April. During his arraignment ...

Once a pilot, now a fully-fledged citywide program, PAD aims to divert Philadelphians from arrest and toward social services.

Retired Court Commissioner Robert Q. Warshawsky tells Solano County man, 26, whose felony criminal proceedings are suspended ...

LEAD program coordinators brought together county organizations at the Senior Center while police officers served lunch to ...

Fulton County leaders turned to law enforcement to help ignite the potential of Atlanta’s Center for Diversion and Services.

Are they properly reported as juvenile arrest numbers,” Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Ivan Bates said. “That’s important ...