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Finalists back broader crisis training and informed civilian oversight for Middleton
Summary
Candidates said rising mental-health calls require expanded crisis-intervention training, possible co-responder social-worker models and informed civilian review; they emphasized training for civilian reviewers and building partnerships to speed mental-health care.
Candidates told attendees that mental-health calls are among the fastest-growing demands on police and require both more training for officers and new response models.
Steven Thompson pointed to rising mental-health calls and urged critical-incident training so officers can manage calls safely and reduce their duration: “I would like to have all officers be trained in critical incidents,”…
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