Officials train in ways to head off in-custody deaths
Not too long ago, the following call might have made a 911 operator roll his or her eyes and maybe even chuckle: a naked man pounding on doors yelling incoherently.
Police dispatchers and officers in Champaign County now know those are the warning signs of a medical crisis, not necessarily a crime in progress.
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