Idaho lawmaker considers using Neb. police mental health crisis program

Author: Terrence P. Dwyer, Esq. By Audrey Dutton The Idaho Statesman LINCOLN, Neb. — Travis Parker in 2005 took the first-ever call to a special hotline. Police were at a trailer home in rural Saline County, Nebraska. The woman living there was suicidal, and officers needed a hand. Parker was the on-call counselor that first day; he made sure the woman was safe, then signed her up with a case manager to get longer-term help. The hotline was the Targeted Adult Service...