Denise Paley

It's a DEMIS program that goes through the Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement. but there is a stipend that every officer has to pay. So our Navi Shoreline affiliate will pay for any officer within our affiliate that will get the training that's grandfathered in and doesn't have to get it or anybody before this law went into effect. So we will pay the difference.

It's a DEMIS program that goes through the Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement. but there is a stipend that every officer has to pay. So our Navi Shoreline affiliate will pay for any officer within our affiliate that will get the training that's grandfathered in and doesn't have to get it or anybody before this law went into effect. So we will pay the difference.

It's a DEMIS program that goes through the Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement. but there is a stipend that every officer has to pay. So our Navi Shoreline affiliate will pay for any officer within our affiliate that will get the training that's grandfathered in and doesn't have to get it or anybody before this law went into effect. So we will pay the difference.

There's no cost at all to the police officer. And we've also paid for dispatchers to go get the training. Somebody from the fire department wants to go get the training. We're happy to pay for it. There have been instances where people outside of our affiliate have wanted to get the training and cable has called us and said, hey, they don't have the money. We'll pay for it. We have the money.

There's no cost at all to the police officer. And we've also paid for dispatchers to go get the training. Somebody from the fire department wants to go get the training. We're happy to pay for it. There have been instances where people outside of our affiliate have wanted to get the training and cable has called us and said, hey, they don't have the money. We'll pay for it. We have the money.

There's no cost at all to the police officer. And we've also paid for dispatchers to go get the training. Somebody from the fire department wants to go get the training. We're happy to pay for it. There have been instances where people outside of our affiliate have wanted to get the training and cable has called us and said, hey, they don't have the money. We'll pay for it. We have the money.

We've raised money. We have money set aside to get more officers trained and to create awareness around how important this is. So that is a lot of what I've been doing. I attended the crisis intervention training international conference this year, getting more ideas for how we can make it better within our state and also working with police officers who are so mentally taxed themselves.

We've raised money. We have money set aside to get more officers trained and to create awareness around how important this is. So that is a lot of what I've been doing. I attended the crisis intervention training international conference this year, getting more ideas for how we can make it better within our state and also working with police officers who are so mentally taxed themselves.

We've raised money. We have money set aside to get more officers trained and to create awareness around how important this is. So that is a lot of what I've been doing. I attended the crisis intervention training international conference this year, getting more ideas for how we can make it better within our state and also working with police officers who are so mentally taxed themselves.

So to get them into programs so that they can get mental health services themselves.

So to get them into programs so that they can get mental health services themselves.

So to get them into programs so that they can get mental health services themselves.

It really depends on the culture of the community. So one that comes to mind that's been amazing, which had never really embraced crisis intervention team training before. So Madison, Connecticut is the town right next to where I live. So I live in Guilford, Madison is the town right next door. They kind of had a reputation for not embracing such programs.

It really depends on the culture of the community. So one that comes to mind that's been amazing, which had never really embraced crisis intervention team training before. So Madison, Connecticut is the town right next to where I live. So I live in Guilford, Madison is the town right next door. They kind of had a reputation for not embracing such programs.

It really depends on the culture of the community. So one that comes to mind that's been amazing, which had never really embraced crisis intervention team training before. So Madison, Connecticut is the town right next to where I live. So I live in Guilford, Madison is the town right next door. They kind of had a reputation for not embracing such programs.

But since we've been doing this, they've probably sent more than, I want to say, 12. I'm not ready. I didn't prepare it. But I want to say they've probably sent 12 police officers for crisis intervention team training. You feel like every class, they send more officers and they send their dispatchers. which I think is so smart because they're the person taking the call.

But since we've been doing this, they've probably sent more than, I want to say, 12. I'm not ready. I didn't prepare it. But I want to say they've probably sent 12 police officers for crisis intervention team training. You feel like every class, they send more officers and they send their dispatchers. which I think is so smart because they're the person taking the call.

But since we've been doing this, they've probably sent more than, I want to say, 12. I'm not ready. I didn't prepare it. But I want to say they've probably sent 12 police officers for crisis intervention team training. You feel like every class, they send more officers and they send their dispatchers. which I think is so smart because they're the person taking the call.

And if they have the wherewithal to say, you know what, maybe I should be calling 988. Maybe that's who needs to be involved. Maybe we need a crisis team. And then we do have some communities where they haven't really wanted to touch it. I'm not going to say them on the podcast, but it's a shame because mental illness does not discriminate. Neither does autism. It's in every community.

And if they have the wherewithal to say, you know what, maybe I should be calling 988. Maybe that's who needs to be involved. Maybe we need a crisis team. And then we do have some communities where they haven't really wanted to touch it. I'm not going to say them on the podcast, but it's a shame because mental illness does not discriminate. Neither does autism. It's in every community.