(cross-posted from Vermont Watch, here)
Word is Rep. Anne Donahue (R-Northfield) will be a guest on the Mark Johnson Show tomorrow (Tuesday, January 25th) at 10:15 AM concerning the Tasers and Act 80 mental health/disabilities police training bill, H. 3.
The radio talk show itself starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 11:00 AM. Listen live locally on WDEV Radio 550 AM or 96.1 FM or, via streaming audio online, here.
For those who are not able to listen to the show segment live, later on Mark Johnson often posts archived audio clips of some interviews on his blog, here.
On Thursday, January 27th at 10:00 AM, the House Committee on Government Operations will have Rep. Donahue speak to them briefly regarding H. 3. Check the committee’s schedule, here.
Related information:
- 2010 Updated Act 80 Report from the Vermont Attorney General to the state legislature; note group recommendations beginning on page 4 (PDF version)
- Use of Force Preferences study (full text; via Schizophrenia Bulletin)
Read the following as an example of why Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training — which is what the following article refers to and is much more extensive than the Act 80 training — is better to do so sooner rather than later or, put another way, proactively versus reactively: Cardalls want mental health training for cops (via Salt Lake Tribune), here.
…so much for the state stuff on these wretched gadgets.
I guess someone with Tourette Syndrome better watch his/her mouth. Or, people like mean who sing to themselves walking down the street.
ala Sinatra:
I’m in a tase over you
I was talking to myself
But that’s nothing new
All of a sudden
This cop comes around
And I’m on the ground
In a tase over you
Oh yeah it’s true
I’m in a tase state of mind
Guess I was acting weird
But now I’m part blind
Don’t know what happened here
The cop must of thought I was nuts
No ifs, ands, or buts
Now I’m in a tase over you………