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Portland police using new ‘step back’ training to deal with people in mental health crisis
October 10th, 2011Among others in the professional mental health community, Derald Walker was quoted in a story about the most recent success in the way Portland Police handled a case of a potential crisis with an individual with a mental illness. A grant from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law helped fund an initiative where police supervisors study how to eliminate unnecessary police encounters with people suffering from mental illness. This is a significant change from previous practices and Cascadia is proud to be a leader in this movement.
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