How police and therapists can respond to mental health calls together

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From USA Today: A Louisiana State University administrator largely avoided suspending or expelling students accused of sexual assault, abuse and stalking. Jonathan Sanders, an associate dean, expelled one student during the past four school years. At the same time, he disciplined several women for minor, unrelated rule violations and didn’t contact witnesses in sexual assault allegations against a fraternity member.
Only 17 members of Congress are of Asian or Pacific Islander descent.
Earlier this month, retail alcohol sales fell about 2% – the first drop in a year.
For the fourth year in a row, homelessness grew across the United States last year.

First, a corrected link from last week’s issue: After almost a month-long water outage in Jackson, Mississippi, service returned to all residents last week.
A bill in the North Carolina Senate would increase the penalty for disrupting a public meeting. “I’ve been accused of disrupting a public meeting when I’ve tried to stop illegally closed sessions,” Nick Ochsner, an investigative reporter for Charlotte station WBTV, said on Twitter. “Would that now make me a criminal?
In Mississippi, landlords can take a tenant’s belongings if they’re evicted.
From the Fort Collins Coloradoan: How police, a therapist and a paramedic respond together when residents are facing a mental health or substance abuse crisis

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