APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- A program that's helping law enforcement officers across the country better respond to veterans in crisis started right here in the Triangle.

More than a decade ago, two Apex police officers responded to a call involving a military member who had barricaded himself inside a home after returning from service. The officers, both veterans themselves, were able to safely de-escalate the situation and get the man the help he needed.

The next day, when the man was no longer in crisis, the officers went back to check on him. That follow-up sparked an idea that would grow into a national training model.

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They reached out to Roosevelt Richard, a crisis intervention trainer with Alliance Health, to

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