50 Emergency Responders Participate in Concord Police Mental Health Training

CONCORD, MA—50 area emergency responders made their way to Concord-Carlisle High School Tuesday and Wednesday for a mental health training program hosted by the Concord Police Department.

The session took place over two days, and was attended by police officers and public safety dispatchers from Carlisle, Acton, Holliston, Stow and Lexington, according to a Concord Police Department announcement. The training focused on the challenges of dementia and other mental health diagnoses.

"We are both thankful and proud to present another training program to our department and local first responders," Concord Police Chief Joseph O'Connor said in the announcement. "Our department is committed to continuing this type of education in order to better ourselves and our relationship to the community we serve."

The training consisted of two parts, the first being how to address the challenges of dementia. The second focused on how best to handle other psychiatric illnesses. Police collaborated with ComForCare Home Care, a non-medical personal care provider specializing in dementia care services to offer the program, according to the statement. .