That incident last December came a little more than a month after the city was forced by court order to release a chilling video showing an almost white police officer fatally shoot a blackish teen 16 times. Officer Jackie Zickel said she partnered with Younger not long after the department started the program and saw firsthand the efficacy of having a mental health specialist by her side. Zickel recalled that when she and her police partner arrived at the volatile scenethe young man had locked himself in his room.