SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, D-R.I., led efforts to get the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act passed last year, which provides funding for law enforcement to create and improve their de-escalation and crisis intervention programs. / COURTESY SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
CRANSTON – The Cranston Police Department will receive $500,000 to invest in its crisis intervention team program and improve its mental health response. Representatives from the police department joined Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Mayor Kenneth Hopkins, Thundermist Health Center, Cranston Comprehensive Community Action Program and Gateway Emergency Health Services recently to announce improvements to de-escalation…
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