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Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental …

(2 days ago) WEBIssues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental Health Crises Congressional Research Service 1 aw enforcement officers1 are frequently the first responders to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.2 The manner in which …

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

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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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Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step Toward …

(1 days ago) WEBContinued reliance on police as mental health first responders in Black and other minority communities leads directly to unnecessary injuries and deaths and …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2035710

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A guide to programs for mental health and police response

(7 days ago) WEBThe program will provide a 24-hour crisis intervention response. The unit will be split into two separate teams, one acting as a comprehensive homicide response …

https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/persons-in-mental-health-crisis-a-primer-for-police-response-A0ZXruNf6DaNLzlR/

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Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with …

(3 days ago) WEBActivists participate in a rally to call for peer-led, non-police response to mental health crisis calls, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in New York. The Associated …

https://apnews.com/article/mental-health-crisis-911-police-alternative-civilian-responders-ca97971200c485e36aa456c04d217547

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Why Police Are Still Handling Mental-Health Crises

(8 days ago) WEBA Washington Post analysis found that one-quarter of people fatally shot by U.S. police in 2015 were mentally ill or in emotional crisis. Many police officers, meanwhile, have expressed

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) WEBA non-law-enforcement crisis response team. Woefully inadequate mental health services across the country means police are usually the first to respond to someone in a mental health and/or

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

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We Need to Think Beyond Police in Mental Health Crises

(Just Now) WEBWorking in two-person teams, CRU and STAR have responded to thousands of calls related to mental health, poverty, homelessness, and substance use. Without …

https://www.vera.org/news/we-need-to-think-beyond-police-in-mental-health-crises

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Law Enforcement Response to the Mental Health Crisis: Resources …

(5 days ago) WEBLaw Enforcement Response to the. Mental Health Crisis: Resources and Publications. March 2018 Volume 11 Issue 3. Law enforcement regularly responds to service calls …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/03-2018/le_response_to_mental_health_crisis.html

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Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to …

(1 days ago) WEBCIT began in the late 1980s in Memphis, in response to a police shooting of a Black man with mental illness . Its centerpiece is a 40-hour training course that involves scenario-based exercises and …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000721

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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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There’s a new approach to police response to mental health - CNN

(3 days ago) WEBSee how a Street Crisis Response Team takes on 911 mental health calls 10:31 - Source: CNN Taking the police out of it

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/us/mental-health-police-response-go-there/index.html

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More than a dozen cities push to minimize or even eliminate …

(4 days ago) WEBMore than a dozen cities are developing “alternative” or “co-response” programs to minimize or eliminate the role of police officers responding to 911 calls …

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/us/police-alternate-response-mental-health/index.html

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Department of Justice and Department of Health & Human …

(9 days ago) WEBdiabetic crisis, equal opportunity would entail dispatching a health response in similar circumstances involving a person with a behavioral health disability. 18. …

https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/Sec.%2014%28a%29%20-%20DOJ%20and%20HHS%20Guidance%20on%20Emergency%20Responses%20to%20Individuals%20with%20Behavioral%20Health%20or%20Other%20Disabilities_FINAL.pdf

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CRITICAL ISSUES IN POLICING SERIES

(Just Now) WEBRethinking the Police Response to Mental Health-Related Calls Promising Models October 2023. “Police Response to People with Mental Illnesses in a Major …

https://www.policeforum.org/assets/MBHResponse.pdf

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How Police Alternatives to Mental Health Calls Are Growing in the …

(Just Now) WEBMental health calls make up 10% of all 911 calls in the city, officials have said. In Denver, a study of the city’s STAR program found the alternative response …

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/23/police-emergency-mental-health-911

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Fighting Police Trauma: Practical Approaches to Addressing

(2 days ago) WEBPrevious research has clearly demonstrated the link between line of duty stress and deleterious effects on health outcomes through officer self-report and …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244018794794

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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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Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness (LEMHWA) Program …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 (LEMHWA) was signed into law in January 2018, recognizing that law enforcement agencies need and deserve …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/lemhwaresources

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How do crisis teams handle mental health calls differently from …

(1 days ago) WEBDespite this, police officers often end up serving as the first responders to mental health calls, at times resulting in fatal consequences. In 2016, 242 individuals …

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-do-crisis-teams-handle-mental-health-calls-differently-from-police/

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When mental health emergencies end in fatal police encounters

(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 mental health episode and roaming …

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

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Police Response to Mental Health Emergencies: Barriers to Change

(9 days ago) WEBThis article explores barriers to change in the way police respond to mental health emergencies. Abstract. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model of police-based …

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/police-response-mental-health-emergencies-barriers-change

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

(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.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g8ynyp2z2o

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Cuyahoga County expands mental health crisis programs to 5 cities

(2 days ago) WEBShaker Heights Police Department wins national grant for ‘Mental Health Response’ program “As someone who’s had the priveilge to work with local law …

https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/05/07/cuyahoga-county-expands-mental-health-crisis-programs-5-cities/

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Mental health crisis prompts police response in Village of Howard

(1 days ago) WEBThere is significant police presence in the area and authorities are urging the public to stay away from the area for safety reasons. Mental health crisis prompts …

https://www.wbay.com/2024/05/07/large-police-presence-howard/

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Met Police report increased robbery response after nixing mental …

(9 days ago) WEBThe initiative, a partnership with the NHS, introduced a threshold for police response to reduce the amount of time officers spend on policing mental health. As of November 1 …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/met-police-report-increased-robbery-response-after-nixing-mental-health-callouts/ar-BB1m4aKv

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Met Police report increased robbery response after nixing mental …

(6 days ago) WEBThe Metropolitan Police has reported an increase in responses to urgent robbery calls six months into its Right Care, Right Person scheme. The initiative, a …

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/met-police-report-increased-robbery-010641045.html

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