WHEN AID
TURNS DEADLY
WHEN AID TURNS DEADLY
Police are being forced to the front lines of a growing mental health crisis, leading to a record number of deadly encounters.
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A Roseville officer walks into the unknown every night. Twice, when the calls came, he fired his weapon.
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Fueled by grief, a Richfield mother fights to change the way police are trained for mental health calls.
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When Robert Wood shot an officer, he believed he would die. Instead, he is in a cell, fighting for his future.