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“WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I CALL 911 on a Family Member?”

Guests:    Commander Shari Shovlin, Redmond Police    Department and Manka Dhingra JD, Assistant
Prosecutor, Mental Health Court and
  Commander Shari Shovlin of the Redmond Police Department & Manka Dhingra, JD, will be presenting information on what can happen after you call the police; what are the options?  What is Mental Health Court?  ITA? Diversion Center? 

Shari Shovlin has served the community of Redmond for the past 18 years. She is a trained Crisis Intervention Team officer and has spearheaded the initiative to have all first responders trained in CIT, specifically for dealing with the mentally ill in Redmond.

Manka
Dhingra is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney who is assigned to the King County
Mental Health Court (MHC). She holds a JD from the University of
Washington School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Political
Science from the University of California at 
Berkeley.  

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