In Virginia, police officers are now working with mental health clinicians to reduce deadly encounters between police and the mentally ill.
The deaths of people like Daniel Prude, who was amidst a mental health crisis, shined a light on police abuse and gaps in training."People were in crisis, and I didn't know how to handle them. I didn't understand them," said Lt. Heather Vance of the Prince William County Police Department in Virginia.
The system is named after Marcus David Peters, a biology teacher killed by Richmond Police during what his family calls a mental health crisis. There’s also the county’s usage of Smart 911, a nationwide app that allows users to create profiles letting dispatch know of any medical history in the home. "The officers are physically there with them. They're watching them go through this. Some people are handcuffed to gurneys in hospitals and we've had that up to 14 days," said Baxter.
"You can kind of see how from the perspective of law enforcement, it becomes very appealing to arrest that person instead of bringing them for a mental health evaluation. Because you bring them to the jail or you drop them off your back out on the street," said Dailey.
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