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**New Publications from the COPS Office**
  March 2019 | Volume 12 | Issue 2

***Sheriffs Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in the Community and in the Jails***

Law enforcement has increasingly become  the primary point of contact for individuals living with mental illness, and  the presence of these individuals in jail and prison populations has grown to  crisis proportions. This report identifies innovative practices that have  proven successful in reducing the arrest and incarceration of individuals  living with mental illness and includes case studies of seven jurisdictions and  resources developed by law enforcement executives and experts in the field.

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***A Preliminary Report on the Police Foundation’s Averted School Violence Database Averted School Violence Database***and***A Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation’s Averted School Violence Database***

The Police Foundation, in collaboration  with the COPS Office, implemented the Averted School Violence (ASV) database to  provide a platform for sharing information about averted incidents of violence  in institutions of elementary, secondary, and higher education. The preliminary  report analyzes 51 averted incidents of school violence to begin to improve our  understanding of averted school attacks. The companion compares these 51  averted attacks with 51 completed attacks and presents findings on the  similarities and differences.

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***BOLO Project Bulletin #8: Development and Validation of a Resilience Training Model at the Academy***

The BOLO series supports the publication and dissemination  of experiences and implications discovered during ongoing research in the field  with the goal of regularly communicating these resources to the law enforcement  community. The present study followed recruits in a resilience training program  at the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Police Department Police Academy as they develop  strategies and techniques to enhance its members' ability to cope with stress  and maintain their physiological and psychological health.

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