Cop training seeks safe encounters with autistic people

Cop training seeks safe encounters with autistic people

Thanks to a new state law, police in Indian River Shores and Vero Beach will be trained to better handle encounters with autistic people and others who have mental, emotional or neurological issues that make communicating a challenge, especially in stressful situations. The development is important because, according to autism organizations, more than 2 percent of Americans are on the autism spectrum, with 25 percent of that number profoundly au…