officer training

The course would be developed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs.

The optional online course would teach how to interact with people who have dementia, recognize behaviors, use alternatives to physical restraints and spot signs of abuse, neglect or exploitation.

This story was published by ProPublica and co-published with the Tampa Bay Times. Over the first several months of 2014, the Hillsborough County Sheriff...