Crisis Intervention Training

The funding was announced on the fifth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida

"A few tears rolled down my eyes while his were still flowing. It was like a mother and son ... as if he was my third child, my third son," the officer recalled

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The grant, awarded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services, will go toward funding contracted social workers and training members within the unit

The changes include centralizing the Crisis Intervention Team and equipping CIT officers with less lethal weapons such as Bolawraps

A report found 30% of PDs created programs that either paired specialists — like paramedics or therapists — with police or sent them to incidents in lieu of LEOs

Eyewitnesses to the shooting indicated the police did all that they could to de-escalate the situation before the man charged at the officers

A web-based police training course outlines public safety de-escalation tactics for military veterans in crisis

“It allows our officers to deal with crime versus mental health calls, which are not necessarily our specialty."

In the program, a social work intern from Western Carolina University is placed in a local PD to serve as a community service liaison

The students helped connect officers with resources to divert people from jail into community programs

Bakersfield Police Department's recovery specialist has a special set of skills to field 9-1-1 calls for community members who may need mental health services

One agency is using virtual reality to tackle both

Deputies will use iPads to give people in crisis access to a mental health professional

Officers can help a person in crisis while achieving the goal of voluntary compliance by taking things SLOW