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OUR 109th YEAR • June 12, 2015
Police changing response to mental health incidents
Crisis intervention training helps regional law enforcement
prepare to deal with mental health scenarios
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
During a three-day Crisis In-
tervention Training presented by
Performance Leadership Institute,
law enforcement agencies from
throughout Clatsop County became
better equipped to deal with men-
tal health crisis situations they fre-
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The training took place June
3 through 5 at Camp Rilea and
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formance Leadership Staff, which
includes past and present law en-
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and licensed mental health profes-
sionals, and guest speakers lectured
on the crisis cycle, mental health
didactics, legal concerns, peace of-
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able local resources and suicide by
cop, or instances when individuals
perpetrate crimes to provoke an of-
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Nearly 30 personnel from Clat-
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Police Department, Cannon Beach
Police Department and Warrenton
Police Department received basic
information on mental health, as
well as in-depth knowledge about
particular disorders, such as autism,
Asperger syndrome, bipolar disor-
der, excited delirium, post-traumatic
stress disorder, depression, anxiety
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‘The BEST class ever’
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from last-minute
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allocation
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Seaside Signal
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instating a fence ordinance,
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96 students awarded diplomas at commencement ceremony
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ppreciation for the past,
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at the Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center, senior class president
and valedictorian Calvin Pollard
summed up his advice for his fellow
graduates, and the student body as a
whole, using word play directly re-
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embark on the next phase of their
journey, he said, they ought to be
extroverted — at least every once
in a while – in order to meet new
people and have an array of daring,
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in this life; leave nothing less than
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she said, she was not entirely sure
what shape her high school expe-
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noteworthy and help her achieve a
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Cougar owner Fobert
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Muscle cars and their
proud owners are coming to
downtown Seaside for the
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many cruise-ins throughout
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car shows at the
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coast though, and also regu-
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dorsed the downtown core
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portions of the city from the marijuana dispensaries can
operate and allows the city
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Highway 420 owner
urges city to look ahead