Behind the Badge
Best of BTB: Mental Health Day is a daily reality for members of Anaheim PD’s PERT
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from October 19, 2018. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s 7 a.m. on a recent weekday, and three members on a specialized Anaheim PD unit already have their hands full. But when your job is to help the mentally ill, that’s the norm. Faced with a shortage of mental health beds, the influx of more offenders on the street due to legislation such as Prop. 47 — which converted nonviolent offenses such as drug and…
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