The Department of Justice has selected the Portland Police Department as one of six national learning sites on the police response to mental health situations.

The selection allows the department, which was the first in the state to implement Crisis Intervention Team training, to act as a consultant and offer technical assistance to departments across the country seeking to expand their mental health response capability.

The department has trained numerous officers in how to identify people in mental health crisis and techniques for de-escalating their behavior.

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