Crisis intervention team of the year, Anne Arundel County Police Department honors team

Crisis intervention team of the year, Anne Arundel County Police Department honors team

CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM WASHONORED TODAY AS TEAM OF THEYEAR FOR THEIR SERVICE ANDWORK THEY'VE DONE IN THECOUNTY.

SINCE 2014...THE TEAMWHICH INCLUDES THE PAIRING OFPOLICE AND MENTAL HEALTHPROFESSIONALS...H AS HELPEDPEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSCHANGE FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICECUSTODY INTO HEALTHCARE.

THETEAM ALSO FIGURES OUT HOW THECOMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROMMENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION ARESOURCES.

MANY PEOPLE FOR THEPAST FEW MONTHS HAVE ASKED FORREFORM AND NEW WAYS FOR POLICETO D━ ESCULATE...THE ━A━━━D IS PROUD TO COMMENDTHIS TEAM FOR DOING JUST THA“Ifor a year and a half and Ilearned that we have what Ithink is the best policedepartment in the country.Maybe the world now I knowthat we have the best crisisintervention team in thworld.

TWO YEARS AGO ONETHE TEAM'S OFFICER WRECOGNIZED AS THEINTERNATIONAL CRISISINTERVENTION TEAM OFFICER..ANDTHIS YEAR THE TEAM GETS TOCELEBRATE ANOTHER VICTORY FORNOT ONLY THEIRDEPARTMENT...BUT FOR ANNARUNDEL COUNTY AS W