Sholeh: Crisis training benefits community

7 Feb 2012 at 12:31pm
It began with a sad event in 1998. A Memphis police officer shot and killed an unarmed, mentally ill man in a difficult and volatile situation. The Memphis police department responded with a new training program for crisis intervention which by 2000 was taking hold nationwide. This growing trend to address the psychological element in social and mental health emergencies is designed to address ...