Training officers to treat people with autism

The channel reports on the plan of the Fort Lauderdale police force, in Florida, to train its team to efficiently treat people with autism:

Its goal is to maintain a database of individuals with autism in the community, with whom they can interact in the hope of improving the response should police intervention be necessary.

A document on the department’s website, which can also be purchased through the police department, must be filled out with data about the autistic person. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will go to the department’s data center and will only be available to patrol officers.

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