How Police Officers Are (or Aren’t) Trained in Mental Health

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Marilyn Langeman

How Police Officers Are (or Aren’t) Trained in Mental Health

The recent Capitol Hill shooting of an unarmed woman by police officers, and the uncertainty surrounding her mental state at the time she drove her car into a White House barricade, is a stark reminder of the uncomfortable interplay between mental illness and law enforcement in times of crisis.

 

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