Family members insist that 25-year-old Victoria Lee was no threat, and officers knew it

Sherrill will be sworn in as New Jersey’s 57th chief executive in Newark on Tuesday

After two terms, Murphy readies for his final bow on state stage

Next governor will have wide discretion over support for mental health emergency response programs

New Brunswick tragedy prompts calls for community-based programs to respond to emergencies

Advocates say more police accountability is needed when mental health emergencies turn fatal

Arrive Together crisis-response program serves as a lesson

The Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act was meant to support community-based teams

The state expanded the programs after police shot and killed people in mental crisis

The project was underway before last August, when police killed a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis

Concerns about erosion of trust in police raised at city council meeting

Rules are intended to 'slow and stabilize' encounters between police and barricaded people

Fort Lee PD among hundreds statewide that have not yet implemented Arrive Together program

'This family put a lot of trust in our systems to help her get care'

Another 12 people have died during other interactions with police

NJ’s Arrive Together program, pairing mental health professionals and law enforcement on emergency calls, is not available in Fort Lee, where the killing occurred

Fort Lee police do not have Arrive Together program to defuse mental health crisis calls

The city is working on a proposal for around the clock mental health services but critics say it's taking too long

Jim McGreevey says there’s more understanding but not enough action

How people in mental health crisis are responded to has become an urgent policy issue