(AP Photo/Steve Luciano)Bill requires regular exam by state AG. Advocates say it’s a ‘step in the right direction’
(AP Photo/Steve Luciano)Bill requires regular exam by state AG. Advocates say it’s a ‘step in the right direction’
(Bobby Brier/NJ Spotlight News)Advocates say more police accountability is needed when mental health emergencies turn fatal

Arrive Together crisis-response program serves as a lesson
(Taylor Jung/NJ Spotlight News; Courtesy of Paterson Healing Collective)The Assembly is set to vote Thursday on a bill that would dictate when police officers can use deadly force
(Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)NJ advocates work to highlight psychiatric advance directive and its benefits to patients
(Taylor Jung/NJ Spotlight News)The criminal justice process — and police reform — can take years
(Taylor Jung/NJ Spotlight News)The project was underway before last August, when police killed a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis
(New Jersey Office of the Attorney General)Victoria Lee was killed by Fort Lee police during a mental health crisis call

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

Murphy and AG announces $12 million in funding for teams in several counties