Baltimore police training officers to respond to behavioral crises
There's an effort to reduce the harm that can result when police respond to people suffering from behavioral crisis.
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There's an effort to reduce the harm that can result when police respond to people suffering from behavioral crisis.
Almost a year into the covid-19 pandemic, feeling stressed is an understatement, Jenn Sillett said. The 42-year-old mother of three has not set foot inside a store or restaurant for the better part of the past year, only leaving her Hempfield home to take her 19-year-old daughter, Sierra Williams, to her job at a day care or to do curbside pickup for groceries and other items. Sillett, who does medical billing for UPMC, has worked from home for months as she navigates through complications from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare disorder that causes some white blood cells to multiply exces...