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.
“When I talk to our taxpayers, they ask, ‘Why didn’t we do this sooner?’”
The documentary “Crisis Cops” that follows Officers Joe Smarro and Ernie Stevens prompted one viewer to put pen to paper
Officers can help a person in crisis while achieving the goal of voluntary compliance by taking things SLOW
Shotgun used by a man who was killed in a confrontation with police outside a City Hall meeting was illegally channeled to him by a straw buyer
Raymond Kmetz, 68, had been civilly committed twice for psychological issues
17-year-old fatally shot in a police station lobby was killed after she lunged at an officer with a butcher knife and a TASER failed to stop her
24-year-old Lindsay McNamara was carrying a Dunkin’ Donuts box containing raw meat and told an officer she wanted to “feed the pigs”
Man allegedly shot sheriff as he sat in his police cruiser eating lunch on April 3, 2013
Man’s behavior was “consistent with someone who intended to hijack an aircraft”
Distraught woman messaged police this week telling them she was going to hurt herself, but she refused to pick up her phone
Matthew Christian Cash was high on PCP when he slammed his vehicle into a cruiser and two other parked vehicles
Gene Thomas Brandon, Jr., who has a history of mental illness, was delusional at the time of the attack
Two officers’ decision to pay for a troubled man’s restaurant tab led to his being arrested in his roommate’s stabbing death
Police detained the suspect, whose mental condition will be evaluated
Woman smeared uncooked bacon and sausage all over a police station dispatch window offering to “feed the pigs”
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has said he will call up the National Guard if there is any violent reaction to the prosecutor’s decision
Big-city PDs and union leaders nationwide are warning the rank and file to wear body armor after a deadly ambush against police
Milwaukee Police Department is stepping up training so that all police officers on the force would be fully trained to deal with the mentally ill by 2018
Leaders demanded to know how a man with a violent criminal history slipped through the cracks and ended up in a cafe where he took 17 hostages
New studies have challenged several decades of thinking that psychological problems are only a minor factor in the making of terrorists
Man with a history of mental illness slipped into the headquarters of a major Jewish organization and stabbed an Israeli student in the head
Emotionally disturbed man who refused to drop his knife after stabbing an Israeli student in the head was shot and killed by an officer
Passenger accused of stabbing 4 on an Amtrak train told police he began the attack after seeing another man turn into a demon
A rookie Detroit Police officer is being credited with saving his partner during a razor-blade attack Saturday by a woman with possible mental health issues
Homeless man claimed he was heading to strip club in the stolen vehicle
More gun sales than ever are slipping through the federal background check system — 186,000 last year
Police responded to reports of a man threatening someone with a knife when the shooting occurred Friday
Agency that investigated the background of the man who carried out the 2012 massacre is issuing a report on his mental health history
A video released Thursday by police documents a man’s brutal attack on hospital staff that ended with the suspect dying in handcuffs.
Patient who attacked four nurses with a metal bar had been suffering from recent episodes of confusion and delusion
The Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS) was developed primarily by Ron Hoffman, PhD, a former Toronto constable who now serves as coordinator of mental health training at the Ontario (Canada) Police College
Officer told superiors he became concerned for his safety as soon as he saw the odd way the man was lying on the ground in a park
