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Project: Mental Reinforcements
Tulare County law enforcement attempts to make strides in robust officer training about how to deal with residents with mental health problems.
Project: PDs strive for more mental health training
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.
Project: Police Use HOPE To Calm Mental Health Crisis
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Fellowship.
Project: Tulare mother calls for better PD training on mental health
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Fellowship.

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In California’s Central Valley, lack of mental health training for police leads to fatal encounter
In the final moments of Jontell Reedom's life, viewers see him jogging away from the officers.... more »
posted 12/07/18
Can mobile units fill the mental health care void for Tulare County’s farmworkers?
In Tulare County, RV-like mobile units are trying to fill the need among Hispanic farm laborers... more »
posted 03/14/18

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Project: Mental Reinforcements
Tulare County law enforcement attempts to make strides in robust officer training about how to deal with residents with mental health problems.
Project: PDs strive for more mental health training
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.
Project: Police Use HOPE To Calm Mental Health Crisis
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Fellowship.