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Alzheimer’s

Traditional tools police officers use to control at-risk subjects are often ineffective for those suffering from dementia
As a result of the aging population growth, investigators will see an increase in the elderly as victims and perpetrators of crime
As our population ages, police officers and investigators are faced with the task of frequently interviewing elderly witnesses, victims and suspects
Officers will be trained over dealing with Alzheimer’s disease patients who wander away and need to be found
Cognitive impairment, long considered a leading risk factor for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, has been detected in a significant number of 9/11 first responders
Lee Baca withdrew his guilty plea to lying about efforts to thwart an FBI investigation into abuses at the jails he ran and vowed to “set the record straight” at trial
No charges have been filed against the man who police say felt threatened by the dark figure in his yard