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Properly Identifying a Threat

It's time we focused on a necessary skill: properly identifying a threat in a school. This requires setting aside our personal prejudices, hopes, dreams and wishes. It requires...
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Juvenile Justice: Talking to Kids

March 27, 2018
Often adults who work with youth either talk down to adolescents or try to be on their level. Watching for these two things and also having a foundation of understanding will ...
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Systems Failure in Juvenile Justice

Feb. 27, 2018
When other systems, like mental health, child welfare and developmental disabilities fail to provide appropriate services and instead spend more time fighting each other, officers...
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Understanding Children’s Behavioral Health

Feb. 23, 2018
Calls reference behavioral health issues with children can be some of the most frustrating law enforcement has to deal with. Often officers are expected to fix failures in the...
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Suicide in the Elderly Population

Dec. 18, 2017
Someone age 65 or over completes suicide every 80 minutes; an average of 18.2 deaths a day. Elders account for 18% of all suicides; but they comprise only 13% of the population...