Jared Buchanan, a U.S. Marine Corps, is graduating this weekend from Southern Connecticut State University with a degree in psychology so he can help police officers and veterans struggling with depression and PTSD in honor of this father, an East Hartford police officer who died by suicide in 2013.
Middletown police recently launched a crisis intervention team, part of a statewide effort to calm volatile scenes and shepherd mentally ill, substance-addicted and homeless people to the help they need.
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1 Denise Paley holds up a photograph of her son, Ellis Tibere, at a virtual public hearing last month. Paley is pushing for more mental health training for police officers a little over a year after Tibere randomly attacked a woman in a Westport parking lot during an apparent mental health crisis. Image capture from CT-N )
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It was the evening of Jan. 5 last year that Denise Paley walked into the Guilford Police Department (GPD) headquarters. Her 18-year-old son, Ellis Tibere, had left the house around noon, ostensibly to meet friends at the library to work on school, but had never arrived, and Paley quickly became worried as he did not respond to phone calls or text messages.
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Sen. Christine Cohen (D-Guilford) will host a screening of a shortened version of McShane s HBO documentary that followed two police officers from the San Antonio, Texas Police Department s mental health unit for three years. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
GUILFORD, CT Mental health workers aren t cops. And cops aren t mental health workers. But there s a place in the middle. Police can receive mental health training, and the two groups can work together to keep people safe.
It s the basis for the Emmy award-winning documentary, Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops, produced and directed by Guilford filmmaker Jenifer McShane.
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Tuesday, in support of her state Senate bill that calls for a study of how Connecticut police officers are trained in mental health and crisis intervention tactics, Sen. Christine Cohen (D-Guilford) will host a screening of a shortened version of McShane s HBO documentary that followed two police officers from the San Antonio, Texas Police Depart
Should social workers ride with police? This Connecticut woman does
Kathy Evans of West Hartford now works with the Denver police as a clinical social worker. She rides with police and responds to calls where often her expertise is more valuable than the traditional tools of a police officer.
Each workday morning at 6 a.m., Katharine “Kathy” Evans turns out for roll call at the Denver police department, to hear about overnight incidents, trends, announcements, plans for the day.
She then hops into a police car to begin a 12-hour shift. Her partner for the day is a patrol officer. She, however, does not wear a badge or carry a gun. She is a licensed clinical social worker.