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Massachusetts State Police Sued in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man

The complaint, filed by Justiniano's younger sister Damaris Justiniano against Colonel Timothy P. Alben, the head of the Massachusetts State Police, and the involved trooper, a 25-year veteran, alleges that Alben failed to provide the agency with "policies, procedures and equipment allowing citizens with mental health crises to be treated through humane, nonlethal means."

April 14, 2015

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Oregon Agency's New Mental Health Crisis Response Policy Urges De-escalation

The Portland (Ore.) Police Bureau has drafted a much-expanded policy that stresses the need for officers to recognize behaviors "characteristic'' of mental illness and safely de-escalate encounters.

January 6, 2015

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Chased by Man With Knife, Officers Don't Shoot Due to 'Recent Incidents'

Two Milwaukee police officers considered "recent incidents locally and nationally" when they refrained from shooting a man who chased them with a butcher knife at the scene of a suspected double homicide, according to a criminal complaint.

December 8, 2014

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Beyond CIT

When it comes to the mentally ill, many police departments are finding themselves reluctantly cast as community "caregivers of last resort." Two agencies in Southern Arizona have developed a better way to respond.

October 24, 2014

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Improving Police Mental Health Response

While mass shootings are most prominent in the nation's mind, mental illness is often part of the common calls officers face, including domestics, substance abuse, emotional distress, armed persons, and suicide by cop.

August 13, 2014

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Video: Dallas Officers Shoot, Kill Man Armed With Screwdriver

Two Dallas police officers shot and killed a man alleged to have threatened them with a screwdriver.

June 14, 2014

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Dallas Officers Shoot, Kill Man Armed With Screwdriver

A 38-year-old man was shot and killed in the doorway of his mother's home Saturday morning by two Dallas police officers responding to a 911 call. According to the police department, Jason Harrison, who suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, threatened the officers with a screwdriver. Read Full Story Here

June 14, 2014

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Video: Virginia Officer Shoots Teen

A Purcellville (Va.) police officer shot and killed a teenager who was allegedly threatening suicide. Police report that the teen lunged at the officer with a knife just prior to the shooting.

May 26, 2014

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Ohio Enacts Law to Create LE Database of Mentally Ill Subjects

Three years after Clark County (Ohio) Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Hopper was ambushed and killed by a deranged man, a new rule went into effect Wednesday requiring courts to notify police about violent offenders with a mental illness.

January 1, 2014

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Report: FBI Disrupts Mass Shootings with Mental Health Intervention

The FBI says it has helped to disrupt or prevent nearly 150 shootings and violent attacks this year, in part by steering potential gunmen toward mental health professionals.

December 15, 2013

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Video: Portland Police Deploy TASER at Armed Man in Market

Police said they fired multiple TASER shots at a 47-year-old man who was spotted shoplifting and then grabbed knives from a display rack in an aisle of a Portland, Ore., Whole Foods Store.

November 18, 2013

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Portland Police Deploy TASER at Armed Man in Market

Portland (Ore.) PD police are seen firing multiple TASER shots at a 47-year-old man who was spotted shoplifting and then grabbed knives from a display rack in an aisle of a Whole Foods Store. Read the full story here.

November 18, 2013