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Virginia to sign $7M contract with private security firm to transport mental health patients, freeing up law enforcement
Many Virginians experiencing a mental health crisis will no longer be transported to the hospital in the back of a police car starting this summer as the state moves away from a practice that has been criticized as traumatizing for the patient and a waste of time and money for law enforcement officers.