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January 25, 2015

To keep officers safe, build community resources

What would it take to keep not just criminal suspects safe but the police, too? Flagstaff is asking that question…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News, Public Safety
December 21, 2014

Joe Pelle: Police violence and local responses

I just watched a news report on changes that police agencies are making nationally in response to all of the…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News
November 18, 2014

Don Spirit apparently needed help, but it never came

Some people think Don Spirit was evil. How else to explain a man who killed his daughter and her six…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health First Aid, News
September 10, 2014

Howard’s two fatal police shootings put mental health in focus

Two Ellicott City residents who Howard County police believe were suffering from mental health issues were killed last week in separate police-involved…

Law Enforcement, News
September 8, 2014

Ottawa shooting renews focus on crisis intervention training

Out of the 8,000 full- and part-time law enforcement officers in Kansas, only one in four have been trained to…

Law Enforcement, News
August 18, 2014

Boulder County law enforcement agencies seeking to build trust on…

On a daily basis, Boulder County law enforcement officials are first on scene when calls come in about a person…

Law Enforcement, News
August 18, 2014

Boulder County agencies prepare to deal with mental health incidents

Boulder County law enforcement officials are facing more mental health-related incidents, such as suicide threats, and are training to deal…

Law Enforcement, News
July 17, 2014

Florida Deputies Receive ‘Mental Health First Aid’ Training

Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies, who encounter mentally ill people more than most residents, are taking classes to learn more…

Law Enforcement, News
July 13, 2014

Deputies training to do ‘Mental Health First Aid’

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies, who encounter mentally ill people more than most residents, are taking classes to learn more…

Law Enforcement, News
July 9, 2014

Police officers, others get mental health first aid training

Thirty people being trained in “mental health first aid” this week will bring what they learn to the rest of…

Law Enforcement, News