Baltimore Is Rethinking What It Means To Call 911 — And Who Responds By Scott Maucione, WYPR Aug. 5, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/baltimore-911-mental-health-calls-police-social-services-mobile-crisis-teams/ KFF Health News: Baltimore Is Rethinking What It Means To Call 911 — And Who Responds In March in a McDonald’s parking lot off a busy street, mental health clinician Michala Williams met a 38-year-old woman in a car. “So, you called the police for help?” Williams asked the woman, who was sobbing uncontrollably and said she sometimes thinks about harming herself. (Maucione, 8/5)