Thursday, April 10, 2014

Police taught to spot signs of psychiatric crisis

In this image taken from video on Jan. 15, 2014, Michelle Monzo, left, Crisis Intervention Specialist course instructor, and Lower Merion Township police officer Joe Smith, right, talk into the ears of Lower Merion Township police officer Matt Dougherty, center during a training simulation at Montgomery County Emergency Service in Norristown, Pa. The training is designed to help police recognize and respond to people suffering from serious mental illness, potentially reducing injuries to officers and the mentally ill as well as the frequency of arrests. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam) NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When a 6-foot-5, 270-pound man with a history of violence broke out of a mental health ward near Philadelphia and tried to withdraw money from a bank, a confrontation with police seemed likely.








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