There are 4 article(s) tagged Crisis Intervention Team:

• December 2024

  • Sanford: Abusive behavior of Crisis Intervention Team belies intent

    The Crisis Intervention Team has strayed far from its initial goals of treating those with mental-health issues more humanely.

    By Otis Sanford December 12, 2024

  • What the DOJ said about how MPD responds to mental-health crises

    Issues that the Memphis Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team faces include using “unnecessary force” and escalating encounters during mental-health calls, according to the report. 

    By Aarron Fleming December 05, 2024

• June 2022

  • New mental health initiatives build on decades old ‘Memphis model’

    Local law enforcement and emergency responders are trying to keep people suffering from mental health crises out of the ER and out of jail. 

    By Aisling Mäki, Julia Baker June 13, 2022

• April 2022

  • Mental health professionals to join sheriff’s deputies on some calls

    The pairing is among the police reforms discussed nationally in the wake of the March 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police custody.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2022