Officers trained to deal with mental illness in short supply

By Paul Elias and Don Thompson Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many police departments have specially trained officers and mental health professionals whose job is to help defuse the sometimes-volatile "5150" calls that involve people in the throes of mental illness. But those officers are in short supply, and often they are unavailable in a crisis, as happened in Sacramento and …
Source: Police Updates
Officers trained to deal with mental illness in short supply