AFD also trained on how to deal with mentally ill

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It wasn’t just Albuquerque Police officers who got training on how to deal with the mentally ill, firefighters and 911 dispatchers got it too.
“Eighty-five to ninety percent of what we do is medical calls,” said Captain Kevin O’Brien with the Albuquerque Fire Department.
That’s why the city announced last week, it’s not just APD going through Crisis Intervention Training. The city said last year, AFD EMT’s and paramed