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| Officers Train in Teams to Respond to the Mentally Ill |
| By newsplex.com |
| Published: 10/23/2012 |
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Twenty-five percent of the people in Virginia jails have some kind of mental illness. Organizations around the state are trying to bridge the gap between law enforcement and mental health. More than 3,000 Virginia law enforcement officers, first responders and mental health professionals are part of Crisis Intervention Teams, set up to better handle cases involving mentally ill offenders. Many of the teams gathered at a statewide conference in Charlottesville Monday. The CIT program, started in 1988 in Memphis, has grown out of a combination of factors. More people are being diagnosed with mental illnesses, and there is a greater understanding of how these cases need to be handled. Read More. |
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