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Policing mental health: Recent deaths highlight concerns over …

(3 days ago) WEBMore than 1 in 5 people fatally shot by police have mental illnesses, according to a Washington Post database of fatal U.S. shootings by on-duty police …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/policing-mental-health-recent-deaths-highlight-concerns-over-officer-response-n1266935

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When mental health emergencies end in fatal police …

(7 days ago) WEBThe next day, June 2, 2019, Walnut Creek, California, police responded to multiple 911 calls about Hall, 23, who was having a …

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/10/us/police-mental-health-emergencies/index.html

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How some encounters between police and people with mental …

(7 days ago) WEBYet people with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other people approached by law enforcement, the …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-some-encounters-between-police-and-people-with-mental-illness-can-turn-tragic

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Why Police Are Still Handling Mental-Health Crises

(8 days ago) WEBFor mental-health response units to respond to the right incidents, emergency dispatchers need to be able to decide what …

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/mental-health-crisis-police-intervention/622842/

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Mental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis …

(6 days ago) WEBMental Health And Police Violence: How Crisis Intervention Teams Are Failing. Demonstrators march through the streets of Rochester, N.Y., earlier this month protesting the death of Daniel Prude

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/913229469/mental-health-and-police-violence-how-crisis-intervention-teams-are-failing

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Mental crisis calls to police can be deadly. Cities try new ways to

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/09/1203342875/cities-know-the-way-police-respond-to-mental-crisis-calls-needs-to-change-but-ho

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Police Stress and Deleterious Outcomes: Efforts Towards …

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Police officers are subjected, daily, to critical incidents and work-related stressors that negatively impact nearly every aspect of their personal and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575544/

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Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental …

(2 days ago) WEBThis body of research, along with recent high-profile incidents in which police responses to individuals with mental health needs have had fatal outcomes, …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47285

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Improving Response to Mental Health Incidents

(5 days ago) WEBFrom March 2016 to August 2021, the program has diverted 8,352 calls from police to mental health professionals, effectively diverting 14,477 hours of police time back to calls more squarely in the …

https://www.policemag.com/patrol/article/15309469/improving-response-to-mental-health-incidents

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Mental health‐related police incidents: Results of a national census

(7 days ago) WEBThe 2019 National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing definition of such incidents provides a useful basis for more accurate calculation: ‘Any police …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cbm.2206

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How police leadership can respond to officer mental health crises

(2 days ago) WEBStudy how law enforcement leaders handled the aftermath of prominent events, and be proactive in establishing guidelines for major incidents. The National …

https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/how-police-leadership-can-respond-to-officer-mental-health-crises-3zrmdFnjtpoYLOyR/

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Innovative solutions to address the mental health crisis

(8 days ago) WEBIn San Francisco, for instance, all mental health-related calls are coded 800, a city specific police-transmission code for a “report of a mentally disturbed …

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/innovative-solutions-to-address-the-mental-health-crisis-shifting-away-from-police-as-first-responders/

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Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past five

(8 days ago) WEBGloucestershire Police saw the lowest rise, an increase of 16% over the same five-year period - from 6,737 incidents to 7,369. It is not clear how the data was …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64891572

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Steps police leaders can take to improve officer mental health

(1 days ago) WEBBoth organizational stress and responding to critical incidents impact the mental health of officers nationwide. June 06, 2019 02:08 PM • She is currently …

https://www.police1.com/health-fitness/articles/what-is-the-extent-of-the-mental-health-crisis-in-law-enforcement-cllCyo3PZxD3vy3z/

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Mental health crises linked to almost half of all deaths or serious

(6 days ago) WEBAlmost half the people involved in critical incidents with New South Wales police over the past five years were experiencing a mental health crisis, while the …

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/22/mental-health-crises-linked-to-almost-half-of-all-deaths-or-serious-injuries-in-nsw-police-operations

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Bangladeshi teen in Queens shot dead by police during mental …

(5 days ago) WEBView comments. Win Rozario, a 19-year-old Bangladeshi from Queens, was fatally shot by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers during a mental …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bangladeshi-teen-queens-shot-dead-222348523.html

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Reconciling mental health, public policing and police …

(2 days ago) WEBThe police logs of one police force show that between 2011 and 2014 the number of mental health-related incidents recorded by police officers rose by a third …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032258X18766372

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Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past

(6 days ago) WEBGloucestershire Police saw the lowest rise, an increase of 16% over the same five-year period - from 6,737 incidents to 7,369. It is not clear how the data was collected by …

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64891572

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Full article: Police staff and mental health: barriers and

(6 days ago) WEBPolice officers have many duties that may contribute to negative mental health outcomes; duties that include dealing with violent persons or emotionally …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15614263.2021.1979398

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Metropolitan Police: Move to attend fewer mental health calls …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Met Police's plan to stop attending emergency mental health incidents is "potentially alarming", a former inspector of constabulary has said. From …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65741824

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Police in England and Wales dealing with more mental health …

(3 days ago) WEBThe police are dealing with increasing demands to intervene with people suffering mental health crises, freedom of information requests have revealed. Some …

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/21/mental-health-crises-police-england-and-wales

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Tuesday briefing: The Met police is taking a step back from mental

(9 days ago) WEBA large proportion of these incidents are not situations that a layperson might expect to constitute police work: officers spend about a million hours a year in …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/30/first-edition-met-police-mental-health-care

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Fall in mental health calls saves police time - Met - MSN

(8 days ago) WEBThe changes aim to reduce the number of mental health-related incidents police attend, and mean the force only responds if a person is at risk of serious harm.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fall-in-mental-health-calls-saves-police-time-met/ar-BB1m4I6T

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Met Police: Fall in mental health call-outs saves officers' time - BBC

(6 days ago) WEBFall in mental health calls saves police time - Met. Joe West and Jack King - two Metropolitan Police officers - are just a couple of hours into their Friday shift on the …

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g8ynyp2z2o

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1M officer hours saved with new approach to mental health

(8 days ago) WEBThese monthly officer hours saved represented reduced deployment to concern for safety and mental health incidents reported by Humberside Police. There …

https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-to-save-1-million-officer-hours-as-forces-adopt-new-model-to-ensure-specialist-care-for-health-incidents

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VA Not Complying with Law on Suicide Prevention Training for …

(8 days ago) WEBService members or veterans experiencing a mental health crisis or their loved ones can call the Veterans Crisis Line 24/7 at 988, Press 1. Help also is available …

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/05/09/just-29-of-va-police-officers-got-required-suicide-prevention-training-last-year-senator-reveals.html

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Police report on SNP finances probe due 'within weeks'

(8 days ago) WEBPolice Scotland say that every year, they respond to more than 100,000 mental health incidents - only 13% of which involve a crime. On busy days, a call …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ge510llypo

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What We Know About The Three Police-Involved Incidents At

(7 days ago) WEBThe incidents occurred amid Drake’s high-profile public feud with fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar. and was apprehended under Ontario’s mental health act, …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/05/10/drakes-security-guards-report-altercation-in-third-incident-at-his-toronto-home-this-week/

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Met police policy on mental health calls may be putting lives at …

(9 days ago) WEBForce says Right Care Right Person scheme has saved 34,000 officer hours but concerns lead to calls for it to be paused The Metropolitan police have said their …

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/09/met-police-policy-on-mental-health-calls-may-be-putting-lives-at-risk-say-charities

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Tewksbury Hospital workers demonstrate over safety concerns, …

(2 days ago) WEBThe hospital has also seen a decline in workers, according to DMH data, showing that Tewksbury’s mental health units had fewer workers in 2023 than in 2019, …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/13/metro/tewksbury-hospital-massachusetts-mental-health/

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Police called to Drake's home after another trespasser tried to …

(9 days ago) WEBPolice said the incident Wednesday was not a criminal matter. They said details would not be released about the person in accordance with the Ontario Mental …

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/police-called-drakes-home-another-trespasser-tried-access-property-rcna151670

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