Comment 67717

By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted August 09, 2011 at 08:20:00

In reference to the Dziekanski case, which was mentioned above:

Any social services job posting you see advertised these days now lists some kind of crisis intervention training certification as a prerequisite, with regular re-certification. Here are a couple of examples of that training.

The whole situation could have turned out very differently, if any of the techniques taught in such courses were applied.

Does anyone here know what kind of crisis intervention training is required of police officers?

Re: the tragedy of Charles McGillivary-- are officers never trained to understand that there are all kinds of reasons why someone may not respond verbally to you, in which insolence is not at all a factor (ABI as in McGillivary's case, language barrier, illness, confusion, hearing impairment...)?

Comment edited by Michelle Martin on 2011-08-09 08:26:58

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