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The Department was established through the Mental Health Law of 1953, although publicly supported services to Oklahomans with mental illness date back to before statehood: the first facility in Oklahoma for the treatment of individuals with mental illness was established by the Cherokee Nation, called the Cherokee Home for the Insane, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, it was built outside the city of ...
In 2020, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt launched the Oklahoma City Law Enforcement Policy Task Force to analyze de-escalation policies and community oversight systems.
Terri L. White (born 1973) was the chief executive officer of the nonprofit Mental Health Association Oklahoma, from August 2020 to May 2024. She is an American social worker who resigned effective February 1, 2020 as Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a position held since May 13, 2007.
The District Attorneys Council was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1976.. In 2019, Steve Kunzweiler and member of the Council organized a DA breakfast "where they could all come together for the first time ever" to later "feel comfortable to pick up the phone and call one of the district attorneys if they have a question about proposed legislation" that would affect their work.
A Cohen Veterans Network clinic is now open in Oklahoma City, the state's second after the Lawton clinic opened for in-person services in 2021. 'We're here to save lives:' Mental health clinic ...
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health said Thursday that 276 individuals are participating in jail-based competency programs. Last year, 123 individuals had their competency restored through ...
The Oklahoma City Council is non-partisan and its nine members are elected to four-year terms. Oklahoma City is divided into eight wards, and voters in each ward elect a council member to represent that ward. The mayor is the voting member who is elected by all voters of the city, and is the Chief Executive of the City and President of the Council.
In 2020, Holt and Oklahoma City Council members approved the creation of a Law Enforcement Policy Task Force and a Community Policing Working Group in response to residents' concerns about police ...