HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Crisis teams backed by law enforcement are removing mentally ill homeless individuals from Oahu streets and taking them to health facilities for evaluation rather than jail.
The pilot program, MH-3, started in January.
About 60 people from across the island have been taken to hospitals or mental health crisis centers. Of those, six would not go willingly and had to be handcuffed and driven in patrol cars to the treatment facility…