Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDP)
The Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDP) topic examines and explains the nature of people with social, mental or behavioral problems and equips cops with the tools they need to safely handle these subjects.
People in mental crisis present challenges — to law enforcement as well as hospitals — and too often fall between the cracks
The department’s strategic plan, which was launched in 2019, aims to reduce social harms, including mental health issues, substance abuse and fear of crime
A mental health professional acting as an on-scene consultant to police officers can reduce the likelihood of the situation escalating to violence
Small slips in tactics and making assumptions can quickly compound into calamity
Ambitious project interviews former “barricaded subjects” for insight into better ways to diffuse incidents
Deranged suspect chased cops for several minutes before 35 cops with riot shields disarmed him
Bangor, Maine Officer Rob Angelo dove in to save troubled woman, who jumped from 40 feet
There should be policies, procedures, and practices that have been trained by all the participants — beginning with LEOs and EMS, but also including 911 call takers and dispatchers — for incidents involving excited delirium subjects
Veteran Sgt. David Powell barricaded himself inside his home Sunday and called police to tell them he was armed
The handcuffed woman squeezed through the window to the front seat and drove off, crashing into a pickup truck
The plainclothes cop was shot when he arrived at a scene where cops had shot and killed a knifewielding Satan worshiper
Officer Alain Schaberger landed on his head and broke his neck early Sunday
The mentally ill woman barricaded herself in a home and threatened to kill herself and her 10-year-old son
One critically wounded, the other injured by shrapnel after 61-year-old man opens fire
Man accused of threatening to kill a police officer said in court that he was drunk at the time, and that he really is ‘not a troublemaker’
“We expected them to subdue him and take him to the hospital,” the brother said after the shooting Tuesday
Not all Christmas traditions are good ones — every year around the holidays an EDP caused a ruckus for the local crime fighters
Cops responded to a shot fired at a VA Center in Maine and confronted the man, who was then shot in the neck
Says the suspect had troubled history with law enforcement since the 80s
After more than a week of searching, the missing family members were found stuffed into garbage bags and hidden in a hollow tree
Dane County SWAT did an excellent job of slowing things down, establishing a perimeter and communications with the suspect, whose actions demonstrated he was dangerous
The officer contacted the suspect, and then the suspect produced a weapon
The seriously mentally ill man shot and killed five people
Results of an autopsy on the 18-year-old are not yet available
Yelled “I need a bag of dust,” and then punched the cop in the face
The 18-year-old man who had a history of mental-health problems dies in an attempt by police to subdue him
The 24 year old shot and killed his father during a 13-minute rampage and then turned the gun on himself
A newly released 911 call reveals that a man gunned down by officers was threatening to kill them
Holes in the social-service network mean a more complex job for cops
When the ex-soldier was asked how serious he was about killing Obama, he said, “On a scale of 1 to 10 about being serious, I am a 10.”
Police say the man had explosive devices strapped to his body that detonated when he was shot
Police say the she ran between an officer and a combative patient, preventing use of a TASER
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