Cleveland Police complete Specialized Crisis Intervention Team training to better handle mental health crises.
Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger, center, and Lata Menon, CEO of First Choice Services, left, talked to a group of local mental health officials, local law enforcement and others at the Wood ...
Studies over the past two decades have shown a person with serious mental illness can be over 10 times more likely to experience use of force during police interactions. Crisis Intervention Response ...
The major investment is a boon to 10 different recovery programs around the Norristown and Conshohocken areas.
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training is expanding, although still not mandated in Connecticut. It prepares police officers for calls involving people in a mental health crisis, which cannot always ...
Today – Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) released its Community Crisis Intervention Annual Report for 2021, showing the demand for mental health crisis services reached record heights over the ...
AURORA, Ill. — Back in 2019, the Aurora Police Department’s crisis intervention unit (CIU) was “a one-person operation that operated out of a conference room,” according to APD police chief Keith ...
The West Virginia First Foundation is recognizing the Wheeling Police Department as part of its Hold the Line Tour. WVFF ...
When I was born 50 years ago, a young Bennie Swans had already joined the pitched battle for the souls of Philadelphia’s Black folks. His was not a religious struggle. It was a street fight, and it ...
ALL RIGHT, CASSIE. WELL, IT’S OKAY TO NEED HELP. THAT’S THE MESSAGE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS SPREADING TO THE COMMUNITY AS IT TACKLES AN EVER GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. SO FAR, IN JUST TWO WEEKS, ...
There's a lot of talk about mental health and gun violence after the school shooting in Uvalde. Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker weighed in on the issue saying her city is doing what it can and that ...