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WSHU Radio CIT Broadcast - Part 2: On The Beat

This article and broadcast are reproduced here with the kind permission of WSHU.

On the beat: Police and people with mental illness

Lt. Ray Hassett of the New Haven Police Dept.

Mark Herz New Haven, Conn. February 10, 2010 We head out on patrol with Lieutenant Ray Hassett of the New Haven Police Department. Hassett's been through Crisis Intervention Team—or CIT—training, which helps police officers deal with people with mental illness. He uses it every day as he oversees a district that has its share of drugs, gang activity and street crime. This is the second part of our series on CIT training. In part 1, 'hear voices' with officers—learning what it's like to have mental illness.

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