Detroit police honor fallen officers during first 5K event
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Detroit Five years have passed since Nicolle Johnson went to sleep and woke up with her world forever changed.
Her husband, Detroit police Officer Waldis Jay Johnson, was shot in the head in April 2017 while responding to a domestic violence call. He was 47 and the father of two sons and a daughter. He battled for his life for three years before he died in 2020 at age 50.
On Saturday, fellow officers, family and friends gathered to remember Johnson and two other fallen police officers who have died during the Detroit Police Department s 1st Annual Police Memorial 5K Run-Walk-Bike event.
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Detroit officers receive training on how to tell when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis
DPD partners with Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network
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Marcus Harris II is with the Detroit Police Department and an instructor for Crisis Intervention Training.
“CIT, Crisis Intervention Training is a 40-hour training. We train officers around the state of Michigan,” Harris said.
It’s a partnership between the department and the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network. The main topic is how to identify when someone is having a mental health crisis.
“The program is pretty much to give resources, to give help to the community, to provide safety to the officers that’s coming into contact with people with mental crisis. This is definitely needed. This training teaches you how to be patient. How to be passionate,” Harris said.