The Cobb County Police Department started a program in 2019 called the Partnership for Assistance, Treatment & Health. It aims to reduce the mentally ill population in jails, de-escalate dangerous encounters with police and decrease additional mental health crises. It’s become a model, with Marietta launching its own program in recent weeks.
A middle Georgia prosecutor says he won’t pursue criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who in February 2022 shot and killed a man who had been reported as suicidal