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Gloucester sheriff: Man in shootout with police died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

A man shot by Gloucester sheriff’s deputies last month actually died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Gloucester Sheriff Darrell Warren said.

Gloucester gathering Monday to address opioid crisis – Gazette Journal

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'Dangerously high' census at mental hospitals puts burden on law enforcement

MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia mental hospitals are struggling with “dangerously high” numbers of patients, prompting them to delay admissions and straining the ability of law enforcement officers to maintain custody of people in psychiatric crisis who are waiting for treatment. Behavioral Health Commissioner Alison Land told legislators on Tuesday that the state’s eight public mental hospitals for adults are operating at 96% of their capacity. Crowding is worst at Central State Hospital, outside of Petersburg, which is 99% full, while Eastern State Hospital near Williamsburg and Western State Hospital in Staunton are operating at 98% of their capacity. “The picture is bleaker, not better,” Land told the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century.

'Dangerously high' census at mental hospitals puts burden on law enforcement