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Virginia: Program for Police Focuses on Mentally Ill

May 29, 2013

The store manager wanted the loud intruder gone. The police officers had to do something. They could have arrested him. Instead, they listened patiently to his ramblings – defusing delusion with calm authority – and eventually convinced him to walk with them outside. It was all part of their training, carried out last week during a role-playing exercise at the Roanoke Police Academy.

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