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Local officers train to help mental health patients -Asheville Citizen-Times
mentalhopenews.blogspot.com May 8, 2008
by Josh Boatwright • jboatwri@gannett.com ASHEVILLE – Tracy Mixson knows encounters between police and people with mental illnesses can be scary, even dangerous at times. Officers often walk into volatile situations, talking people out of suicide or taking them into custody if they might endanger...
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