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Dealing with the mentally ill
State troopers train at OTC police academy
Web CIT Training
During a role playing exercise, Sr. Trooper Tommy Strickland of the Georgia State Patrol approaches Dorothy Cave, a Crisis Intervention Team trainer from Savannah-Chatham 911 who takes on the role of a person with a mental illness. - photo by Al Hackle/special
Approaching an intersection, a Georgia State Patrol trooper finds traffic unexpectedly backed up. Then he sees a confused civilian in the middle of the highway directing traffic. The trooper gets out of his car, introduces himself as a Crisis Intervention Team member, and politely asks the woman to join him on the side of the road.
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