Brian Shrader

And we see them resist, tense up, start to have a very strong emotional, physical reaction to it. And we see those things certainly escalate the situation instead of someone who perhaps was not on the autism spectrum, who was caught doing something as basic as a petty theft from Walmart. They may be able to talk their way out of it a little better.

They may be able to deescalate the situation a little more comprehend if law enforcement give them the option of a pre-arrest diversion situation. And so that's where we've seen autism actually called by its name in the situation.

They may be able to deescalate the situation a little more comprehend if law enforcement give them the option of a pre-arrest diversion situation. And so that's where we've seen autism actually called by its name in the situation.

They may be able to deescalate the situation a little more comprehend if law enforcement give them the option of a pre-arrest diversion situation. And so that's where we've seen autism actually called by its name in the situation.

If we want to talk about the mental health situation, the criminal justice system generally, I don't think we have enough time in the day or the week or the month to really dive into it.

If we want to talk about the mental health situation, the criminal justice system generally, I don't think we have enough time in the day or the week or the month to really dive into it.

If we want to talk about the mental health situation, the criminal justice system generally, I don't think we have enough time in the day or the week or the month to really dive into it.

Generally, I think I'd be negligent in talking to anyone in a public forum without mentioning our criminal justice system is not equipped to deal with mental health situations. It is not equipped because lawyers are not trained on this from the start. We are not trained on it throughout our careers.

Generally, I think I'd be negligent in talking to anyone in a public forum without mentioning our criminal justice system is not equipped to deal with mental health situations. It is not equipped because lawyers are not trained on this from the start. We are not trained on it throughout our careers.

Generally, I think I'd be negligent in talking to anyone in a public forum without mentioning our criminal justice system is not equipped to deal with mental health situations. It is not equipped because lawyers are not trained on this from the start. We are not trained on it throughout our careers.

And we are certainly not seeing training on these specific things mandated for the people who maybe need to know the most, which are prosecutors and judges. And to a certain extent in the federal system, the probation officers who are preparing pre-sentence investigation reports, there's almost not even a recognition of

And we are certainly not seeing training on these specific things mandated for the people who maybe need to know the most, which are prosecutors and judges. And to a certain extent in the federal system, the probation officers who are preparing pre-sentence investigation reports, there's almost not even a recognition of

And we are certainly not seeing training on these specific things mandated for the people who maybe need to know the most, which are prosecutors and judges. And to a certain extent in the federal system, the probation officers who are preparing pre-sentence investigation reports, there's almost not even a recognition of

of these things we've seen a lot of progress or attempts at progress in dealing with substance abuse problems in and of themselves and we'll see some carry over into dual diagnosis situations but when i do encounter something that is purely a mental health problem

of these things we've seen a lot of progress or attempts at progress in dealing with substance abuse problems in and of themselves and we'll see some carry over into dual diagnosis situations but when i do encounter something that is purely a mental health problem

of these things we've seen a lot of progress or attempts at progress in dealing with substance abuse problems in and of themselves and we'll see some carry over into dual diagnosis situations but when i do encounter something that is purely a mental health problem

or a mental health situation first where perhaps drugs were exacerbating the issue or drugs were just secondary result of the underlying mental health issue or the situation that the mental health issue would put someone in, there is almost no resources and no procedure to really handle that mental health situation aside from challenges to competency,

or a mental health situation first where perhaps drugs were exacerbating the issue or drugs were just secondary result of the underlying mental health issue or the situation that the mental health issue would put someone in, there is almost no resources and no procedure to really handle that mental health situation aside from challenges to competency,

or a mental health situation first where perhaps drugs were exacerbating the issue or drugs were just secondary result of the underlying mental health issue or the situation that the mental health issue would put someone in, there is almost no resources and no procedure to really handle that mental health situation aside from challenges to competency,

which are not always going to be helpful, especially in an autism spectrum situation, or just challenges to overall capacity to even commit a crime, kind of not guilty by reason of insanity, a layman's term, that also a lot of people don't fit into. And so we're often left with no options or no good options, especially in situations where there's no insurance.