Despite More Training, Police Struggle to Coordinate Response to Mental Illness

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A student lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Isla Vista killings on May 24, 2014 in Santa Barbara.

Tragedies like the Isla Vista killings at UC Santa Barbara in May, the 2011 beating death of a homeless man by police in Orange County and the recent video of a CHP officer punching a woman who'd run onto a freeway all raise the issue of how well police are trained to deal with people with mental illness. A number of departments in the state have beefed up their training -- but that doesn't guarantee success. Reporter: Stephanie O'Neill

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