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• Man with knives attempts 'suicide by cop,' Mass. police de-escalate

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  The de-escalation tactics used by the officers saved the 69-year-old's life, said Bridgewater Police Chief Christopher Delmonte

• Roundtable: How to develop a successful mental health intervention program

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  'The magnitude of societal issues has far exceeded what law enforcement and mental health providers can effectively address alone.'

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• Outcomes improve when law enforcement and mental health services combine forces

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  Community collaborations provide access to many innovative programs such as peer specialists and mental health urgent care facilities

• How to train to safely de-escalate someone in crisis

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  A new program from VirTra teaches officers how to recognize mental health challenges and how to respond appropriately

• Realistic law enforcement de-escalation: Learning from the mental health profession

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  De-escalation and communication skills are key in the fast-paced, unpredictable world of emergency psychiatry

• Is COVID-19 stress causing an increase in 'direct confrontation' suicide-by-cop encounters?

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  Anecdotal evidence seems to support that suicide by cop incidents are on the rise

• LEO Near Miss: Handcuffed subject jumps into lake

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  Even a handcuffed, compliant subject can still be a flight risk

• Officer justified in shooting man with gun to his own head?

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  This case reminds officers of the need to give short, clear commands directing a subject to make specific movements

• How law enforcement technology is helping increase safety for citizens

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  By linking demographic information and critical health data to 911 dispatch, first responders can deliver a more fair, effective and efficient response

• New documentary explores how LE agencies police mental illness

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  Filmmakers document the inner workings and personal reflections of the San Antonio Police Department's 10-person mental health unit

• National survey details latest findings about LE response to mentally ill subjects

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  More than 4,200 active line officers and command personnel responded to the survey

• Tenth Circuit: Officers can be constitutionally liable for creating the need to use lethal force

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  Some federal circuit courts appear ready and willing to rule against officers and their municipalities when deadly force is used quickly in matters involving mentally ill subjects

• Creating a stigma-free approach to mental illness

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  Answering the growing responsibility of cops as frontline mental health workers

• Book excerpt: Breakdown: A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

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  The faulty mental health system has forced law enforcement personnel to do the work that mental health professionals stopped doing

• Should police be allowed to seize guns from the mentally ill?

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  More than a dozen states have laws on the books that allow local law enforcement to seize firearms from people diagnosed as mentally ill

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