FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville Police Chief Mike Reynolds and social services advocate Steven Jennings were recognized earlier this month by the Arkansas chapter of the National Association of Social ...
BRIDGETON, Mo. – The announcement of a collaboration Tuesday will enable law enforcement and mental health experts to work more closely together in the future. “I can’t emphasize enough how important ...
CONWAY — The Horry County Police Department is joining other agencies nationwide in starting a crisis intervention team which officers hope will help in situations involving substance abuse and mental ...
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 ...
WOODLAWN. OFFICER JOAQUIN PRUDENTE GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY NEARLY A YEAR AGO. NO, HE MADE A DIFFICULT CAREER CHOICE. I JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF A CHANGE. I KNOW POLICING HAD A BAD STIGMA. HIS ...
MADISON, NJ — Madison’s Police Department has completed a significant round of crisis-intervention training aimed at improving the borough’s response to residents experiencing mental-health ...
Across the Oakland Unified School District, the mantra for school staff is to call city police only as a last resort. If a disturbance occurs, they should rely first on in-house staff who don’t carry ...
In this month's audit of the Philadelphia Police Department, the City Controller's Office made numerous recommendations to improve staffing, processes and officer response times. It also made ...