Training, Training and Training can make the difference according to a 40 year old police veteran from Conn. who even was on the line with a naked and mentally ill man and dealt with success and not tragedy for everyone. Good lesson for Pawtucket and anywhere we have to deal with troubled people.

Excellent Piece...Lets move forward.

Andy Rosenzweig: Police and mental-health pros must partner
ON FEB. 12 in Pawtucket an emotionally disturbed young man named Jason Swift was killed by the police. None of us can know the danger that confronted the officers, and the fears that they and Jason Swift were feeling. An investigation will ensue and if history tells us anything, the likelihood is that though the results were tragic, the police officers will be found to have acted lawfully.