CIT International

Las Vegas Review Journal

A man threatening to jump from an overpass snarled traffic on U.S. Highway 95 in the southeast valley for more than an hour Thursday before officers were able to dissuade him from committing suicide.

New state-of-the-art behavioral health-care facilities to open in August In Tucson, AZ.

For Cpl. Brian Paone of St. Mary's Police Department, it was just another day on the job, but the unusual situation he was faced with could have ended in violence or jail time had he not been part of Georgia's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) ...

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=240722

Two people jogging along Southwest Portland's Vista Bridge last month spotted a man -- shirtless and yelling about his ex-wife -- standing on the sidewalk, grasping the concrete railing with both hands and peering over the side of the city's infamous "Suicide Bridge."

By the time Officer Stuart Palmiter arrived at the scene, the man had climbed onto the railing and was threatening to jump.

Palmiter and the man engaged in a 45-minute conversation.

That conversation, and a chance encounter last week in downtown Portland, offer a glimpse into the world of the city's street cops who deal with the mentally ill. It has been an ongoing challenge for the bureau and a source of controversy. The federal Justice Department last week launched an investigation to see if Portland police have used excessive force, particularly against people with mental illness following a spike in police shootings the past 18 months.

read more...http://blog.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/print.html?entry=/2011/06/post_93.html