Rethinking policing: Helping officers understand dementia

Rethinking policing: Helping officers understand dementia
and last updated 2021-05-13 17:32:24-04
It happened in Glendale, AZ, and Loveland, CO.
Police officers arrested, jailed, and laughed about elderly people accused of minor crimes, and their families later came forward to say the arrestees didn't know what they were doing due to dementia.
Loveland Police arrested Karen Garner, 73, last year for allegedly shoplifting soda and detergent from a Walmart.
Advocates say these cases highlight the need to train police on interacting with people who have Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
"I think we can all agree that a person with dementia in crisis the last place you want to put them is in jail, and I know many officers we've spoken to who are not okay with that option," said Kinsey McManus, Programs Director for the Alzheimer's Association, Desert Southwest Chapter.

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