Watch now: First responders attend crisis intervention trainings in Tucson
The Southern Arizona Crisis Intervention Team trainings are aimed at teaching Tucson-area first responders how get people in crises necessary help instead of taking them to jail.Β
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This story and video take you inside the room as local law officers are taught how to de-escalate situations when people are in mental-health or substance-use crisis.Β Β
Imam Jamil Al-Amin,Β formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is seeking exoneration after being convicted ofΒ shooting two sheriffβs deputies, killing one.
Tucson police recently gave six known drug dealers a chance to turn their lives around and avoid prosecution that could send them to prison for years. It was the first time Tucson has used this strategy, found to be effective in other cities in reducingΒ drug sales and violent crime.
