More questions than answers in weeks after Kessee’s death
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The Transcript was able to obtain general information regarding the training, protocols and procedures NRHS and NPD officials said they regularly use.
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"Based on what they come in with, [emergency room staff are] going to talk with the patient: how are you doing, how long has this been going on, what is your medical history, what kind of medications are you on?," Grego said. "If the clinician determines there is a need for diagnostic tests, all of that will be done in the emergency department. Based on all of that information, they'll determine if that person meets the criteria for admission."
Grego said the individual's ability to pay for medical services can't be taken into consideration when hospital staff are evaluating and treating the individual.
The MSE includes one question related to mental health. If someone presents with a mental health issue,
"We're not going to discharge a patient if we feel they're a danger to themselves or others," she said.
In a press release, Norman Public Safety Information Officer
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"Do you have the munchies? What's the deal here?" the other office asks.
The officers repeatedly instruct Kessee to put one of his shoes back on.
"I could teach my dog to put a shoe on faster than this," one of them says.
"Our officers coming out, we feel, are equipped to meet the demands they're going to find in the field," he said. "When you look at the amount of training we're doing, and you look at the [body camera] video, it's not adding up, and I get that."
Callaghan said the police department is evaluating its training process in light of how officers treated Kessee.
"It definitely makes you reevaluate; are we missing something?" he said. "When you're dealing with human beings and adding the human element, people are going to make mistakes, and now we have to answer for them."
Callaghan said police officers are trained to use the minimal amount of force necessary when arresting someone. He encourages community members to interact with police officers and communicate concerns they have. The police department hosts a
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He said those behaviors have to reach a certain threshold, determined by federal law and case law, before officers can place that individual into protective custody and then transport someone to a medical or mental health care facility for treatment. In 2017,
"We talk about the science of crisis intervention, which I can teach to anyone, but then there's the art of understanding what is going on," Bryant said. "Those are two different things."
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"We stay pretty full," he said. "If we're full, [patients] will go to Griffin [
"We have a good relationship with the police. They can drop a patient off, we evaluate them, and we can admit them, or call
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