Baltimore Police improve behavioral health response but need to triple officers trained for crisis response, monitor team says
The Baltimore Police Department has made “substantial progress” in how its officers respond to people with behavioral health issues but fallen short of getting enough officers to take advanced training in how to manage people in crisis, a report by the consent decree monitor team found. Fewer than 10% of Baltimore Police officers have been trained in “CIT,” short for crisis intervention team, ...
Source: yahoo.com
