Friday, May 22, 2009

Police and the Mentally Ill

Joanne Silberner filed a report for NPR's Morning Addition about Police receiving special training on how to deal with difficult disturbances that involve the mentally ill. Part of her story involved police officer Darek Ardoin of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office in Lake Charles, and his accounts of such encounters. Hear the story here: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104350808

In other police news, the Lafayette Police Department just concluded a 3 day sting operation that resulted in 26 people being arrested or summoned. The charges included Prostitution, Solicitation, Criminal Trespass, Possession of Crack Cocaine, Crimes Against Nature, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Obscenity, and Possession of Schedule II Narcotics (Methadone). The official police press release can be found on the Lafayette Consolidated Government website.

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