Apr 11

NFC East

Following two fatal police shootings in Lehigh Valley region, officials weigh crisis programs to avert tragedy

The circumstances of a fatal Catasauqua police shooting are similar to scenarios that play out across the country with distressing regularity. People suffering mental health crises, sometimes threatening suicide with a deadly weapon, end up in a standoff with police. Are crisis intervention programs the answer?

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