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Minister Announces New Guidelines to Assist Police Response to Persons with Mental Illnesses (Canada)
Press release at the web site of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police - "Police services across Ontario are getting a new tool that will help front-line officers better respond to incidents involving persons with serious mental illness, Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, said today. ... The manual, Not Just Another Call . . . Police Response to Persons with Mental Illnesses, complements other policy, education and training efforts by police services in Ontario and is a result of various coroner’s inquests recommendations and extensive consultation with those who have first-hand knowledge of the challenges faced by police officers when dealing with mentally ill persons." The full manual is available in Adobe Acrobat format.  
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As grant expires, Mental Health Court's fate uncertain (Tennessee)
Story in The Tennessean on Davidson County Mental Health Court - "...the only one of its kind in the state. The court's total annual cost of $106,000 was funded by a $79,000 federal grant and $27,000 from Metro government. But the federal grant is expiring, and court officials are hoping Metro government will pick up the full tab. The court began in January 2001"  
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