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Patrol
Survive Encounters with EDPs
Emotionally disturbed persons, or EDPs, present a major challenge to the law enforcement officer sent to deal with their sometimes bizarre and frequently unpredictable behavior.
September 30, 2002
Patrol
A NY Training Program for EDP Response is a Great Model to Mirror
The Troy (NY) Police Department's Emotionally Distressed Persons Response Team (EDPRT)—and its weeklong training held at Hudson Valley Community College—helps officers deal with emotionally disturbed persons, suicidal subjects, people exhibiting irrational behavior, and individuals suffering from psychiatric crises.
April 25, 2022
Patrol
Video: NYPD Sergeant Charged with Murder in Shooting of Emotionally Disturbed Woman
Sgt. Hugh Barry — who insists he did nothing wrong — has also been suspended from the NYPD, where he had been on modified duty since the shooting. He was in court in the Bronx to face murder charges on Wednesday.
June 1, 2017
Patrol
NYPD Ordered to Stop Referring to Mentally Ill as "EDPs"
The long-established term "EDP" will be abandoned in favor of “mental health calls,” sources said.
October 22, 2019
Patrol
How To Respond to an Emotionally Disturbed Person
Today's law enforcement officer is forced to act as a mental health worker in a system that is obviously broken. We as law enforcement officers need to take this topic very seriously.
May 12, 2017
Command
2022 Innovative LE Leaders: Illinois Chief Supplies Officers with Stress Relief
Niles, IL, Police Chief Luis Tigera has hired a social worker to help his officers handle the emotional challenges of law enforcement duty.
September 21, 2022
Training
World’s First 4K 300-Degree Simulator to be Unveiled by VirTra at IACP Conference
VirTra, Inc. will debut the first-of-its-kind, Ultra High Definition 300-degree immersive training simulator, which combines five state-of-the-art laser-based 4K projectors, at the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to be held October 26-29 in Chicago.
October 16, 2019
Patrol
Time to Disarm Police Critics
While trampling on the officer's reputation, the mayor failed to grasp police training and tactics.
December 7, 2016
Patrol
Mental Illness Can Kill...You
Confrontations with emotionally disturbed subjects put officers’ lives at risk.
December 31, 2003
Patrol
Program Alerts Public to Missing Persons Via Phone
Knowing how critical the first few hours following a child abduction are, Sherry Friedlander founded the non-profit organization A Child is Missing to aid law enforcement in recovering missing children.
September 21, 2005
Special Units
Colo. School Cancels Class After Suspicious Persons Scare
A suspicious persons report prompted school officials to cancel classes so police could search Boulder High School with a bomb-sniffing dog.
May 9, 2007
Patrol
Kansas Agency Launches Alert and ID System for Special Needs Persons
The City of Salina Police Department's Support Division has launched a new system designed to help officers identify and deal with individual with special needs who may find themselves in an emergency situation.
January 24, 2020
Patrol
Agencies "Brace" for Annual Spate of Training to Enforce Newly Passed Laws
Ever-evolving laws governing both police and citizen behavior isn't news for which law enforcement agencies and/or officers must "brace" themselves, but it's also news that cannot be ignored.
December 30, 2022
Patrol
Disturbed DC Shooter Gets 25 Years
A man who planned a mass shooting at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group in Washington last year was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for the plot that injured a security guard.
September 18, 2013
Patrol
Why You Should Train for Contacts with Autistic Persons
POLICE contributing editor Doug Wyllie speaks with Seattle Police Officer Chris Christman about what officers need to know when contacting autistic subjectes.
November 7, 2022
Patrol
3 Not-So-Obvious Areas of Focus for Police Trainers in 2022
POLICE spoke recently with three internationally recognized police trainers to get their thoughts on not-so-obvious things that merit the attention of trainers.
January 24, 2022
Technology
Lockheed Martin and Project Lifesaver Partner to Locate Missing Persons
To augment humanitarian search and rescue efforts, Lockheed Martin announced today it is teaming with Project Lifesaver International and Loen Engineering Inc., bringing advanced technology to first response agencies with the Indago small unmanned aerial system (UAS).
April 27, 2015
Patrol
Ala. Deputy Shot, Killed by Emotionally Disturbed Man
A Baldwin County (Ala.) Sheriff's deputy was fatally shot Friday afternoon, after responding to a domestic dispute involving an emotionally disturbed man.
November 24, 2012
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