That year, Coffey received an award for preventing a suicide. , I was able to delay her from her intentions.” I made her feel that her crisis was real to her…I offered her a blanket when I was able to reach her. “ is not always the first thing that a police officer may do, coming upon a scene,” he said. And he knew to remind her that he was there to help her rather than to demand anything of her. He knew he had to work quickly, to keep the woman from harming herself further. That night in the pond, Coffey knew to listen more than he talked. So far, more than 11,000 officers have been trained. The Warwick Police Department has taught MHFA at its academy since 2008.
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In Warwick, Rhode Island, where he oversees frontline patrol officers, he had developed the department’s crisis intervention team and co-authored a manual on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for the National Council for Behavioral Health for use in law enforcement trainings. “More people are suffering and miss more time from work from depression compared to any other medical problem.”Ĭoffey had been trained for this. She started talking about her personal problems. As Coffey prepared to get her out, he began to sense that this wasn’t an accident. He couldn’t open the front door, so he climbed through the back. He got out of his car and entered the water. Coffey was driving by a pond when he noticed a car partially submerged in it. In February 2010, off-duty police officer Joseph C.
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