LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – More people who have a serious mental illness now have the opportunity to have their charges dropped if they volunteer for a treatment program.
On Tuesday, the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, which serves New Mexico’s most populous city of Albuquerque, launched a competency diversion pilot program.
This is an expansion of a pilot program New Mexico first launched in 2024 with funding from a special legislative session…