The Maui Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team welcomed 22 new members to its list of trained personnel during a ceremony on Friday, March 3, 2023.
People suffering from mental illness has become a common sight these days. That s why state lawmakers have made it one of their top priorities this session.
For the first time since 1990, the state agency that provides care to adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness has no staff on Lanai. The problem is a microcosm of a statewide mental health care crisis.