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Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes

February 2024
Series
Justice Today Podcast
Law enforcement agencies are teaming up with mental health clinicians to improve behavioral health responses and allow police officers to focus on crime reduction. In this episode of Justice Today, our host discusses how Denver police work side-by-side with mental health clinicians to treat residents experiencing mental health emergencies and connect them with treatment.

The Power of Prosecutors

September 2023
Series
Justice Today Podcast
Every day, Joe Platania and his office make complex judgment calls that help decide whether people will spend years or even decades behind bars. During this episode, Platania explains how this process of “prosecutorial discretion” works.

Treating Veteran Trauma through Treatment Courts with Brian Meyer, Ph.D.

September 2023
Series
Voices from the Field: Treatment Courts - RISE23
During this interview from RISE23, hear from Brian Meyer, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and traumatologist with the Veterans Health Administration. During the interview, Dr. Meyer speaks to the different components that help create a successful veterans treatment court and how such courts help veterans deal with trauma.

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Treatment Courts and Law Enforcement Working Together to Heal with Vanessa Matthews

September 2023
Series
Voices from the Field: Treatment Courts - RISE23
During this interview from RISE23, hear from Vanessa Matthews, Director of the Treatment Court Institute at All Rise. In the interview, Ms. Matthews discusses how her background as a law enforcement officer helped lead to her involvement in getting a treatment court set up in Oklahoma.

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