Paul Myers
Editor-in-Chief
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In the final moments of Jontell Reedom's life, viewers see him jogging away from the officers. Moments later, officers would fire eight rounds into him, killing him.
Tulare County law enforcement attempts to make strides in robust officer training about how to deal with residents with mental health problems.
Police officers agree there is a swelling tide of mental illness on the horizon and they are already beginning to feel its effects. But officers are finding themselves woefully underprepared.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Fellowship.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Fellowship.
In Tulare County, RV-like mobile units are trying to fill the need among Hispanic farm laborers for mental health care. But so far, the need far outstrips the supply of care.