Across L.A. County, law enforcement looks for resources to deal with the mentally ill
Sheriff’s Sgt. Annadennise Briz, left, and Deputy Gabriela Ververa walk a man into Exodus, a mental health urgent care center near L. A. County-USC Medical Center.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Michael Treinen works with the mental health evaluation team in Malibu after negotiating with a man who was suffering from delusions.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Gabriela Ververa, left, part of the mental health evaluation team, at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, where they were called when a man showed up at the grave of his son with a gun.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Michael Treinen speaks with the mental health evaluation team in Malibu
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Mental health evaluation psychiatric social worker Brittaney Dennis, enroute to a call in Los Angeles.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Mental health evaluation psychiatric social worker Brittaney Dennis walks up a steep hill side in malibu after talking with a man who was suffering from delusions.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Gabriela Ververa and Sergeant Annadennise Briz at Exodus, a mental health urgent care clinic in Los Angeles.
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