A TEEN WITH AUTISM HELPING POLICE LEARN TO HELP THOSE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

Of the nearly one thousand people killed by police in 2018, one in four were suffering from a mental health crisis. That’s according to a study by the Washington Post. Those kind of numbers are putting a new focus on the need for more training on de-escalation and crisis intervention skills. Matter of Fact correspondent Diane Roberts meets police ambassador Jake Edwards, a Maryland teen who’s giving special training inspired by his own personal experience.