North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has signed a new executive order directing various state agencies to “take unified action” to strengthen the state’s behavioral health and criminal justice systems.
“Recently, there have been several tragic instances in North Carolina where people experiencing serious mental health crisis have terrible, horrific consequence,” said Stein, pointing to recent killings in Raleigh, Charlotte and Southport.
“The vast majority of people mental health challenges don’t pose any risk,” Stein said during a Thursday morning news conference, but “a small minority of people who are experiencing paranoid delusions can pose a risk to public safety when their serious mental illness goes untreated.”…