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Building mental health into emergency responses

(5 days ago) In cities without such programs, police are among the first responders to 911 calls that involve a mental or behavioral health crisis like a psychotic episode, and officers may not be adequately trained to handle these incidents. “On average, over the course of their career, police officers encounter 188 critical … See more

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/07/emergency-responses

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Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step …

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

(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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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 …

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 them, these calls …

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

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Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to …

(2 days ago) WEBIssues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental Health Crises Congressional Research Service 1 aw enforcement officers1 are frequently the first …

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

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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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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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There’s a new approach to police response to mental …

(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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Policing and People with Mental Health Conditions

(Just Now) WEBPolice responding to people with mental health conditions can sometimes enhance the danger. In 2018, of 998 people shot and killed by police across the …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/12/policing-and-people-mental-health-conditions

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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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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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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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How do crisis teams handle mental health calls differently from …

(1 days ago) WEBCrisis teams are united in their objectives of decreasing police use of force, reducing the burden on emergency services and systems, and strengthening the public’s …

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

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Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs NAMI

(8 days ago) WEBCrisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs The lack of mental health crisis services across the U.S. has resulted in law enforcement officers serving as first responders to most …

https://www.nami.org/advocacy/crisis-intervention/crisis-intervention-team-cit-programs/

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Police Reform From the Perspective of Mental Health Services and

(1 days ago) WEBShifting responsibility for mental health crisis response away from police requires an adequately funded and functional community mental health system with a …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000572

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NJ pairs more mental health specialists with police officers

(Just Now) WEBThe program pairs mental health specialists with the police officers. Launched over a year ago in Cumberland County, the program has been promising so …

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2023/01/nj-expands-pilot-program-pairing-mental-health-specialists-with-police-officers/

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How sending mental health responders instead of police could …

(Just Now) WEBPsychiatrists agree that asking police to respond to acute mental health crises is not appropriate for several reasons. "Police are not clinicians," said Dr. …

https://abcnews.go.com/US/sending-mental-health-responders-police-save-black-lives/story?id=74210488

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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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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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Promoting 988 And 911 Coordination To Ensure Timely And …

(3 days ago) WEBThis is not surprising, given that most Americans want mental health crisis response options that do not involve police. To this point, an important aspect of 988 …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/promoting-988-and-911-coordination-ensure-timely-and-appropriate-mental-health-crisis

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Course aims to help NJ police understand those in mental crisis

(2 days ago) WEBNJ course aims to help police aid those in mental crisis. The voices were harsh, unforgiving — a constant stream of sounds with few breaths between sentences. …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/state/2023/03/14/course-aims-to-help-nj-police-understand-those-in-mental-crisis/69871082007/

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Improving police response to persons with mental illness: A Multi …

(3 days ago) WEBFor example, many jurisdictions have enhanced training in mental health issues for all officers and some have done this in addition to the use of mental health system based …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655327/

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New mental health hotline number 988 will open soon for NJ

(8 days ago) WEBGene Myers. NorthJersey.com. 0:00. 2:20. New Jersey residents experiencing a mental health crisis will soon be able to reach a help hotline by dialing …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2022/06/30/nj-mental-health-crisis-hotline-988/7761058001/

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Chula Vista police face scrutiny over mental health crisis response …

(8 days ago) WEBChula Vista police officers responding to a man’s mental health crisis contributed to his death by needlessly escalating the situation and using unreasonable …

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2024-04-18/opening-statements-nunis-chula-vista-trial

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New Jersey pushes for mental health resources after sheriff's death

(6 days ago) WEBWhile most police academies offer mental health training, according to Weaver, the quantity and frequency of those trainings aren't enough. Passaic County …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/25/new-jersey-mental-health-resources-sheriffs-death/72345251007/

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Preparing mental health workers to attend emergency calls

(7 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Foundation warns preparing the sector to pick up all mental health-related emergency calls could take a decade. Chief executive Shaun …

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018936148/preparing-mental-health-workers-to-attend-emergency-calls

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People in mental health crisis are still being criminalised owing to

(Just Now) WEBA “culture of blame shifting and unaccountability” in the NHS has led to the service continuing to use systems that criminalise people in distress during mental …

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q957

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'I felt betrayed' Employees raise concerns over incidents in

(6 days ago) WEBCurrent and former employees of the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo say there's a pattern of incidents between patients and staff in the Adolescent …

https://www.koaa.com/news/news5-investigates/i-felt-like-nobody-had-my-back-employees-raise-concerns-over-incidents-in-mental-health-hospital-unit

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North Andover, MA police standoff: Suspect dead – NBC Boston

(4 days ago) WEBNorth Andover police say they received a 911 call around 9:50 p.m. from a resident at 416 Waverly Road who said a family member was experiencing a mental …

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/north-andover-barricaded-subject-police-response/3349229/

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Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’

(Just Now) WEBIndeed the Care Quality Commission’s latest figures on community mental health services show that nearly half of people (44%) waiting for treatment found their …

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-disability-benefit-curbs-sicknote-culture-pip

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Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two …

(5 days ago) WEBPolice later identified the assailant as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, who was shot and killed by the first responding police officer. “Seven accepts the identification was a …

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2024/04/26/muslim-groups-claim-double-standards-police-handling-two-high-profile-stabbings-sydney/73468566007/

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