Informed police intervention and specialty courts for people with a psychiatric diagnosis are now shaping programs in forty California jurisdictions. KQED radio host Michael Krasny dedicated an hour-long program introducing how these innovations aimed to promote treatment and safety work in San Francisco. His four guests included an advocate, a judge, a police officer, and a consumer who teaches them all about his life including his experience with schizophrenia. Police Officer Greg Sancire, a trained psychologist, described training programs where the San Jose police are taught how to de-escalate a volatile situation. Judge Mary Morgan, who presides over the San Francisco Behavioral Health Court, described the component parts of a treatment plan geared for success. More than 1.25 million people with mental illness nationwide are currently in jails.
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