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Metro Nashville police officers start Crisis Intervention Team training

View Comments Training for a long-touted crisis-intervention team in Nashville began this week for 16 Metro Nashville Police Department officers and six mental health counselors. The city already has a mobile crisis team but is adding a new approach in which police officers and mental health professionals respond simultaneously to 911 emergencies involving people with mental health issues. I’m totally committed. I’m totally excited you volunteered to be a part of this, Nashville police Chief John Drake told the test team inside a Mental Health Cooperative classroom in Metro Center. Whatever resources we need to put into it, we will.

Metro Nashville police officers start Crisis Intervention Team training

Nashville police, mental health experts respond to calls together in new pilot program

Nashville police, mental health experts respond to calls together in new pilot program A co-response pilot program will pair police officers with mental health experts trained to de-escalate situations. and last updated 2021-05-11 19:35:08-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A co-response pilot program will pair Metro Nashville Police officers with mental health experts trained to de-escalate situations. Next month, Metro Police will begin testing out the program in their North and Hermitage precincts. Mental Health Cooperative will provide six trained clinicians who will ride along with officers. We really want officers to be well trained and able to recognize signs of mental illness and work collaboratively with mental health experts on how to de-escalate the situation and get people treatment, said Amanda Bracht with Mental Health Cooperative.

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