Crisis Intervention Training

Murfreesboro police Sgt. Travis Henderson's bodycam video of him buying toys for a non-verbal autistic boy who wandered into a Target store went viral. Henderson used crisis intervention training to de-escalate the situation and credited a bystander, Target employees, and his daughter for helping reunite the boy with his mother.

A Murfreesboro police officer helped a nonverbal child with autism who had run away by purchasing toys for him at a Target store and reuniting him with his mother. The department highlighted the officer's compassionate and patient approach during the incident.