Police train to de-escalate interactions with veterans in crisis

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A simulation at the Austin Police Department Training Academy on Thursday took officers through the basics of U.S. military culture, traumas, triggers and stressers, as well as de-escalation techniques.
Actual combat veterans took part in the exercise.
Sean Hanna, director of the Veterans Mental Health Program at the Texas Veterans Commission, says the training starts with what officers already know: officer safety is paramount. “The veterans are a completel