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Mail Tribune, Oct. 5, 2014 Kathy Randle was working as a nurse when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, often leading to disability. The disease ended her nursing career.”I was staying at home and got more and more depressed and I tried to […]
Medford Tribune, October 5, 2014 When Medford police are asked during special training whether they’ve ever had a loved one affected by mental illness, half to three-quarters raise their hands. Lt. Curtis Whipple said officers are surprised when they see how many of their colleagues have personally dealt with mental illness. “Mental illness is like […]
By Sharon Ko, KDRV.com, May 17, 2013 Officers in the Rogue Valley are working to better understand and help the mentally ill. This week, members from every law enforcement agency in southern Oregon are doing what’s called a ‘Crisis Intervention Training’ or CIT. Back in February, several officers and the Jackson County Mental Health department went to […]
By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, February 23, 2012 An 18-year-old west Medford man shot and killed by police Jan. 22 after he charged them with a knife had been arrested five weeks earlier in Santa Cruz, Calif., on suspicion of assault. “He used a baseball bat and hit his father,” said Jesus Delgadillo, assistant district […]
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