Public mental health crises that are successfully diffused by first responders often aren’t the ones that you hear about. For ...

The training was made possible through grant funding from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, which covers overtime costs required to maintain patrol staffing while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 5—TUPELO — Sometimes the biggest tool law enforcement has to calm a volatile situation is a 1-inch-diameter pin. When ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) -Law enforcement agencies across the Pine Belt learned how to serve and protect those during a critical time. Friday, 16 law enforcement members graduated from the week-long ...

Sgt. Lindsay Graycarek of the Mequon Police Department is known as the "mental health officer" in her department. It's a title she carries with pride. Graycarek works with area departments on Crisis ...

FREMONT - To adjust to the challenges of conducting crisis intervention team (CIT) training during the COVID-19 pandemic, NAMI of Seneca, Sandusky & Wyandot Counties has joined with several other ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A man has been charged for shooting an officer's gun during a struggle. The Battle Creek Police Department says the man was having a mental health episode during the incident on ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department said six of their officers graduated from Crisis Intervention Team training on Friday. They said the training takes around 40 hours to complete. It ...

An SFPD Crisis Intervention Team training in October, 2015. Photo by David Elliott Lewis. Only half of San Francisco Police Department officers have taken a required 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Sciences Unit has completed the first in a series of week-long, 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Police Department is working on ways to better handle crisis intervention in mental health situations. The City of Charleston Police Department and the ...