New program in Virginia city teams up officers and therapists for …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) – Over the past 10 years, one city in Virginia has been training police officers with crisis intervention skills to help officers recognize signs of someone having a behavioral health problem and give them some ideas on what they can do. A new program is taking this jail diversion strategy a step further – and Alexandria city leaders say they have seen early success.

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