Columbia police, SWAT and the department's Crisis Negotiation Team dealt with a nearly five-hour standoff Monday, Aug. 11. A man brandishing a knife at Stephens Lake Park was seeking "suicide by cop," ...

This course will prepare you to work as part of a coordinated negotiation team and handle a variety of crisis situations including hostage takers, barricaded subjects, and suicidal victims. This ...

Kaitlin Cooke of Cartersville, Georgia, was contemplating suicide when she started calling a statewide mental health crisis ...

A KCPD cruiser blocks the road leading to a standoff in the 2300 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Kansas City. Nick Wagner nwagner@kcstar.com Around 20 Kansas City police ...

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents, yet many teens do not receive timely mental health care. A major reason is that young people often avoid in-person mental health ...