MERIDIAN — On Wednesday afternoon, the Meridian Police Department responded to an Emergency Medical Services assist call. A man was hallucinating, Crisis Intervention Officer Michael Panter said. The ...
ELKHART — Free crisis intervention training took place Sept. 25 through Friday at the Elkhart County Jail with off-site visits to stakeholder locations. James “Jim” Ballard, Behavioral Health Response ...
BLUE ASH, Ohio — As young people continue to see a decline in overall mental health in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Tri-State first responders are working to bridge the gap through ...
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — There's a growing movement across the country of having police officers and crisis workers respond together to calls for service involving mental health and substance use. The goal ...
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WASHINGTON — To help military police and other first responders care for individuals experiencing a crisis, the ...
When Palos Heights police responded recently to a report of a suspicious person, they found a victim of sex trafficking who was short circuiting over the abuse she had experienced. Before Officer ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
KETTERING — For the first time, Kettering is funding a police crisis intervention specialist, a job created from a pilot program to better address mental-health and related calls. The position ...
Two years after Redding launched its second team to deal with police calls involving people at the mental health breaking point, the city's Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) is having struggles ...
MERIDIAN — On Wednesday afternoon, the Meridian Police Department responded to an Emergency Medical Services assist call. A man was hallucinating, Crisis Intervention Officer Michael Panter said. The ...