Police officers in New Jersey are 30 percent more likely to commit suicide than the general population — and the numbers appear to be getting worse despite state programs designed…
By Michael Hill Correspondent Camden County Police Officer Sean McMahon has felt compelled to use his department-issued taser twice. Once on a knife wheedling emotionally disturbed man. He said, “Anytime…
By Cristina Rojas | For NJ.com January 27, 2016 at 9:20 PM TRENTON — For the past eight years, Richard White has lived under an overpass near the train tracks — through…
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Englewood Police Officer Adolfo Gutierrez, a CIT-NJ Center of Excellence Graduate and now CIT-NJ Instructor, rescued a 66-year-old city man who shot himself in his car in…
December 22, 2015 PATERSON — A woman who was threatening to jump from an overpass across Route 19 was on Sunday night talked down from the span by a city…
November 20, 2015 PATERSON, NJ — A city police officer trained in crisis negotiations talked an emotionally disturbed man out of jumping from the roof of a garage on Madison…
Suburban police officers dealing with an increase in mental health and substance abuse calls are not equipped to handle such crises, experts say. That’s why social workers at police departments…
Police across the United States are rethinking how they use force amid national outrage over questionable shootings and violent arrests. The changes include efforts in Dallas to train officers to…
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital reported the most violence among the state’s four psychiatric hospitals during a nine-month period in 2015, according to a new report published by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction…
CIT-NJ Center of Excellence Hosts its first Forum On December 7, 2015, The CIT-NJ Center of Excellence held its first state-wide forum. More than 150 law enforcement officers, mental health providers, community…