By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff Crisis stabilization units are now operational in Craighead, Pulaski, Sebastian, and Washington counties in Arkansas. A man who was suicidal and homeless, a woman found wandering on the median of an...
Hosted by Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) International, this annual conference provides an opportunity to learn how to develop or improve CIT programs and presents the latest research and best practices in CIT programs. It will include presentations from national...
Culpeper Star-Exponent By Allison Brophy Champion A person shot himself in front of Culpeper Police Officer John Slaughter about 15 years ago and it’s something he did not want to relive. Armed with training from the five-county Crisis Intervention Team of...
The Virginian-Pilot By Gary A. Harki Like most cities around the country Norfolk does not have money pouring in for mental health services. Last year, the legislature rejected a request by the Hampton Roads Regional Jail, which takes many of Norfolk’s sickest inmates,...
By CSG Justice Center Staff [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg_nEAGEpc0] In his four decades in law enforcement Kirk Puckett, director of community relations for the Alamance County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Department, has seen a sea change in the way that...
