Police want more special training on mental illness diversion and deescalation, but it’s expensive

read more…: Police want more special training on mental illness diversion and deescalation, but it’s expensive

Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to get a seat in a popular training program called Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), but access is limited, applicants are being added to a waitlist, and the price can be high for a department to run a class. But police and mental health experts say it’s worth it.

Brew News Spotlight on Able Ebenezer Brewing Co.: Ninja-like reflexes helped overcome COVID slow down

read more…: Brew News Spotlight on Able Ebenezer Brewing Co.: Ninja-like reflexes helped overcome COVID slow down

While local small breweries are all struggling to adjust to the upside-down economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Able Ebenezer Brewing Company in Merrimack had their best two months of sales in April and May, thanks to a lot of hard work producing beer at a rapid clip and leveraging their in-house distribution team to offer direct home deliveries.

Multi-agency homeless outreach team assembled during COVID is working, officials say, but it’s running out of money

read more…: Multi-agency homeless outreach team assembled during COVID is working, officials say, but it’s running out of money

In an effort to address the city’s growing population of unsheltered people living in makeshift campsites, a homeless outreach team of clinicians, firemen, social workers and mobile mental health specialists was assembled two months ago, with members hailing from charitable organizations, the community mental health center, city employees and more. 

Brew News Spotlight on Backyard Brewery: Blindsided but bouncing back from COVID-19 shutdown

read more…: Brew News Spotlight on Backyard Brewery: Blindsided but bouncing back from COVID-19 shutdown

Backyard Brewery in Manchester survived the last couple of months of being limited to take-out, like many others in the industry have done; by canning more beers. But since the seven-barrel brewpub traditionally only served beers on tap, canning all their beers was a huge change.

Eyes turn to police training in NH as the state looks to improve accountability

read more…: Eyes turn to police training in NH as the state looks to improve accountability

Law enforcement officials, minority leaders and members of the public are taking a hard look at the way police officers are trained in New Hampshire, how that compares to other states, and what can be done to improve instruction time and mandatory curriculum surrounding race relations, proper use of force and deescalation techniques.

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