July 31, 2022
Brian Smith, the director of the Office of Performance and Innovation, was lauded in Berlin while uncertainty looms over his future with the city of Minneapolis.
Continue readingBrian Smith, the director of the Office of Performance and Innovation, was lauded in Berlin while uncertainty looms over his future with the city of Minneapolis.
Continue readingThe CBS special, “Code Blue: Officers in crisis,” takes a deeper look at what the department can do to provide better mental health support for officers
Continue readingSince the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the dire state of nursing has been grist for endless headlines, studies, and think pieces, as has the epidemic of clinician mental health problems.
Continue readingPolice officers are too often called to solve problems better addressed by mental-health workers, advocates say.
Continue readingExacerbated by the pandemic, inadequate access to mental health care is a longstanding crisis in the United States, and the mental health workforce shortage is a key contributing factor.
Continue readingAlexa James, the chief executive of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, decried the practice of canceling days off as “inhumane” and called for a sweeping plan to address[…]
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