Mental Health Outreach

It can be challenging for officers to set time aside to keep a healthy mind and body; here's our top 23 wellness tips for you to concentrate on this year

A grant allowed the Cordico wellness app to be available to officers, deputies, corrections officers and dispatchers

The therapists serving Schenectady County have backgrounds in trauma, and insurance is not required

Doctors ruled the death of the man, who was acutely intoxicated by meth, was determined to be a homicide because of "the contribution of physical restraint to the cause of death"

Many police agencies have seen the benefits of having social workers on staff to increase law enforcement effectiveness when dealing with subjects experiencing mental illness

Using a centralized incident management and response platform, law enforcement and mental health organizations can locate resources for individuals in crisis

Pittsburgh police will work with the ROOTS team to provide assistance for those experiencing substance abuse issues, mental illness and homelessness

Strategies for success in 23 key areas of policing

Mayor Eric Adams says he wants LEOs and medics to more aggressively get severely mentally ill individuals off the streets and subways and into treatment

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

The officer, who was shot while responding to a mental health crisis call, wants to expand the county’s mental health training and resources moving foward

Mental health technicians will help officers decide if a person needs to be taken to a hospital for evaluation

"Our community deserves us to be well. Let's talk about mental health," Chief Brian Layton said

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

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