external In the Media December 24, 2020 Mike Lawlor, associate professor of criminal justice, comments on how specially trained police dispatchers can send clinicians or health professionals instead of police officers or ambulances on certain police calls. https://ctmirror.org/2020/12/24/should-social-workers-ride-with-police-this-connecticut-woman-does/ news-all news-in-the-media year-2020 month-december