Police and dealing with the mentally ill

August 28, 2015

The court case of Teresa Sheehan could drastically change the way police deal with someone in psychiatric distress

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Police and dealing with the mentally ill

Police have shot more than 100 mentally ill people across the US in 2015. The Sheehan family tragedy has reached the Supreme Court and this case could radically change how American police are trained to deal with the mentally ill.


 

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