December 22, 2015 PATERSON — A woman who was threatening to jump from an overpass across Route 19 was on Sunday night talked down from the span by a city…
November 20, 2015 PATERSON, NJ — A city police officer trained in crisis negotiations talked an emotionally disturbed man out of jumping from the roof of a garage on Madison…
Suburban police officers dealing with an increase in mental health and substance abuse calls are not equipped to handle such crises, experts say. That’s why social workers at police departments…
Police across the United States are rethinking how they use force amid national outrage over questionable shootings and violent arrests. The changes include efforts in Dallas to train officers to…
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital reported the most violence among the state’s four psychiatric hospitals during a nine-month period in 2015, according to a new report published by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction…
CIT-NJ Center of Excellence Hosts its first Forum On December 7, 2015, The CIT-NJ Center of Excellence held its first state-wide forum. More than 150 law enforcement officers, mental health providers, community…
TRENTON — With a growing number of people with untreated mental illness lodged in jail, prosecutors in Gloucester, Hunterdon and Warren Counties will each receive…
Mental health experts say this type of training may not be prevalent yet statewide due to a stigma surrounding the issue. According to Capt. Stephen Jones of the New Jersey…
Congratulation is going out to Warren County New Jersey’s 9-1-1 Communication Center. This month, on August 25th, 2015 it joined the CIT-NJ Center of Excellence Program after they had 40…
(CNN)At 18, Keith Vidal was a normal teenager, his mom said — a good kid and funny guy who liked basketball, played the drums and enjoyed the beach. But in…