Is It A Meth Case Or Mental Illness? Police Who Need To Know Often Can’t Tell

Officer Brian Cregg checks in with a man who says he is homeless and living in his car in Concord, N.H. In Concord, as in many parts of the Northeast, widespread use of meth is new, police say, and is changing how they approach interactions with people who seem to be delusional.

Calming techniques officers learn during training for intervening in a mental health crisis don’t seem to work as well when a suspect is high on meth. Police say meth calls can be much more dangerous.

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