How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar. When Cordero arrived, she realized she’d met him months earlier on the same bridge, where she talked him down by engaging him in conversation about his family and by bringing...