News Items – May 13, 2022

Rebekah Gewirtz and Jon Schnauber: We need to ensure calls to 911 get the best responseThe Berkshire EagleOf the many reactions to a Pittsfield Police officer’s fatal shooting of Miguel Estrella, Melissa Helm’s has stuck with us for its simple truth: “No one should have to lose their life because they are experiencing a mental health crisis.” Helm is the executive director of the Berkshire County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And yet, the