PTSD and Police Response

Haunting Echoes: The PTSD Scars of Botched Mental Health Calls The phone trembles in your hand, a lifeline in the churning sea of your mental health crisis. You dial 911, desperate for a calming presence, a trained professional to navigate the storm. But instead of a soothing voice, you’re met with flashing lights, a barrage…

De-escalation Training Needed for Officers

Urgent: De-escalation Training Needed for Officers Responding to Calls Involving Individuals with PTSD & C-PTSD Attention All Dispatchers and Law Enforcement Officers: This is an urgent call to action regarding the critical need for improved training when responding to calls involving individuals experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). Recent incidents have…

Update on Erica

After about a week, we were finally able to get information on Erica.  It has been a rough week trying to deal with not knowing how she is doing.  They have her in a room by herself, in a gown, with nothing else.  No books to read and no one to talk to, including family. …