The Justice Department concluded that Oklahoma City police escalate mental health crises and the state fails to provide adequate community-based services.

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DOJ finds Oklahoma City police discriminate against people with behavioral disabilities

A U.S. Department of Justice investigation has found Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities

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A U.S. Department of Justice investigation has found Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities. That is a finding in a 45-page report

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Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday after releasing the latest in a series of investigations into state and local law enforcement agencies.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday after releasing the latest in a series of investigations into state and local law enforcement agencies. In its 45-page report, the DOJ found the city unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with mental illness and that the police department often escalates crisis situations …

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Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued strong statements after a U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that the state, the city of OKC and the Oklahoma City Police Department discriminate against people with behavioral health disabilities.

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WASHINGTON - On Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its investigation findings showing the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities based on reasonable cause. The DOJ highlighted specifically the following: 
Oklahoma unnecessarily institutionalizes, or puts at serious risk of unnecessary institutionalization, adults with behavioral …

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DOJ finds State of Oklahoma, OKC and OKCPD discriminate against people with behavioral disabilities

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state of Oklahoma is violating federal law by unnecessarily committing people with mental illness and drug abuse disorders to psychiatric hospitals, the U.S. Justice Department concluded in a report released on Friday. The report, from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, also found that Oklahoma City, the state’s largest city, defaults to sending police officers to deal with mental health…

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US Justice Department finds violations in Oklahoma's treatment of mentally ill - Blue Water Healthy Living

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal report released Friday slams the state, Oklahoma City and its police department for how the entities deal with people experiencing mental health issues.

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Report criticizes Oklahoma’s handling of those with a mental health crisis

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday published its finding that Oklahoma discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The DOJ found that Oklahoma unnecessarily puts individuals with behavioral health disabilities in institutional facilities for long periods, isolating those individuals from the general community. These facilities include psychiatric hospitals …

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US DOJ finds Oklahoma illegally discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities

DOJ Report Finds Oklahoma Police Discriminate Against Mentally Ill

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