FILLING THE GAP: Proposed law would provide help in mental health crisis

Troy Messenger –

Pike County Probate Judge Michael Bunn wants to bridge one of the many gaps in Alabama’s mental health system, and he wants to do it with a new law.

“One of the problems with the mental health system is that there are gaps,” Bunn said. “And one of those gaps … is the ability to make contact and take an individual somewhere to be evaluated without a court order.” Read full article