Recovery Episode 2: Rethinking Crisis Response
In August 2021, Chevoughn Augustin was committed to 38 years at Whiting Forensic, the state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital, for attacking Hartford Police Officer Jill Kidik, who was responding to a vandalism complaint. Kidik believes a mobile crisis response team could have prevented the situation from escalating the way it did. For more information about mental health resources and the series Recovery: Conversations on Mental Health, click here: http://nbcct.co/0g7HcSb