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Mental health crisis at center of many Utah police shootings. Are officers prepared?

Tribune database of 10 years of police shootings shows more than 40% involved someone in a mental crisis.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) James Hall, with Centerville Police Department, right, role-plays with CIT instructor and clinical psychologist Dr. Todd Soutor, who plays the role of someone who has schizophrenia. Police officers from multiple agencies attend Crisis Intervention Team training or CIT at the Layton Police Department, Nov. 4, 2021. The officers role-play various scenarios to strategize new crisis intervention responses in dealing with the public.