Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When law enforcement officers respond to calls, they can encounter people who are experiencing a mental health crisis or have an ...

CRISIS CONTROL: Crisis intervention training is designed to improve safety for emergency responders, like law enforcement, and to be a jail diversion program for people who are in crisis. Photo ...

Connections Work will host hands-on training this month to prepare Berks County law enforcement members to respond to situations in which people are experiencing a mental health crisis. The ...

Columbus police officers must be able to discern what falls into the mental health category versus the criminal one, a lieutenant said.

Waukesha County police officers participated in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to improve responses to mental health crises. CIT training aims to reduce arrests and the use of force while ...

A police officer arrives at the scene of a call and encounters a suspect acting strangely, perhaps with mental problems. What does the officer do? Get up-to-the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Overdose by opioid affected more than 2,000 Hoosiers just last year, but now an online training course is seeking to reduce drug overdose. The Citizens Opioid Responders Program with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. Properly trained workers can serve as an early warning system to ...

The leader of Pennsylvania’s justice planning and policymaking agency praised Friday a training that prepares first responders in Centre County to help people who are in the midst of a crisis, an ...