Anne Arundel County, Md., Police Stressing a Different Kind of Training

Training addresses mental health, a national topic after recent mass shootings.

Jen Corbin faces 30 Anne Arundel County police officers — young and old, men and women.

"Has anybody ever had a panic attack?" she asks.

Corbin, the director of the county's Crisis Response System, is leading a Mental Health First Aid class at the police department's Davidsonville academy. As part of their in-service training this year, all county police officers must complete the eight-hour course.

About 300 county officers have completed the course, said Lt. Ryan Frashure, an agency spokesman. By the end of the fall, each of the nearly 700 officers in the department will have finished it.

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