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Beach police learn new ways to relate to mentally ill

7/13/09 —Virgiia Beach --"Federal statistics show more than half of all inmates in U.S. jails and prisons have a mental illness. Virginia Beach officials have spent the past few years trying to chart a different course, emphasizing treatment and counseling when an arrest isn't necessary."
http://hamptonroads.com/
Author(s)
Shawn Day
Date
07/13/09
State
Virginia


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