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Trained to deal with mentally ill, how did they deal with them. >> confrontational. grab them, arrest them, handcuff them, put them on a gurney, and ship them off to a receiving facility. >> reporter: he says cip officers are taught to take a step back, to deescalate the situation. >> were not showing up in that macho level to where im here, im going to take you here and do this. no. its more of we are here to help you. what can i do for you? what do you need? really try to become their friend. ...

Them. >> confrontational. grab them, arrest them, handcuff them, put them on a gurney, and ship them off to a receiving facility. >> reporter: he says cip officers are taught to take a step back, to deescalate the situation. >> were not showing up in that macho level to where im here, im going to take you here and do this. no. its more of we are here to help you. what can i do for you? what do you need? really try to become their friend. >> reporter: the judge says more than 3,900 officers are t...

Same cell. its not conducive for treatment, theres no therapy here. they stay locked up and they get a pill. thats pretty much it. thats not treatment. >> reporter: thats why he started an intense 40-hour course. >> last year, 1.5 million people were arrested with serious mental illness. >> reporter: which gives miami police the training they need to get them help. lieutenant jeff locke went through the crisis intervention training. on this night, we joined him on a fairly quiet patrol. so befor...

The street and get them help. lieutenant jeff locke went through the crisis intervention training. on this night, we joined him on a fairly quiet patrol. so before there was cip, before officers were specifically trained to deal with mentally ill, how did they deal with them. >> confrontational. grab them, arrest them, handcuff them, put them on a gurney, and ship them off to a receiving facility. >> reporter: he says cip officers are taught to take a step back, to deescalate the situation. >> w...

>> last year, 1.5 million people with serious mental illness was arrested. >> reporter: which gives miami police the training they need to deal with the mentally ill on the street and get them help. lieutenant jeff locke went through the crisis intervention training. on this night, we joined him on a fairly quiet patrol. so before there was cip, before officers were specifically trained to deal with mentally ill, how did they deal with them. >> confrontational. grab them, arrest them, handcuff t...

Ill, how did they deal with them. >> confrontational. grab them, arrest them, handcuff them, put them on a gurney, and ship them off to a receiving facility. >> reporter: he says cip officers are taught to take a step back, to deescalate the situation. >> were not showing up in that macho level to where im here, im going to take you here and do this. its more of we are here to help you. what can i do for you? what do you need? really try to become their friend. >> reporter: the judge says more t...