Mental Health Outreach

A look at some of the discussions and legislation that has been passed in major training areas over the past year

From officer resiliency training to gun violence restraining orders, here's a selection of programs improving officer and community safety, communications

The Raleigh Police Department shares how LE agencies can team with social workers to benefit both cops and communities

Dispatchers now have the option to connect the call to a mental health counselor

Officers should maintain awareness that any uninvited entry into a person’s home or onto their property – however they define it – could be seen as a mortal threat

Many cities are piloting programs that take police officers out of certain duties such as mental health response

Spokane Police leaders have embraced the change as a way to free up officers' time to respond to other emergencies

Law enforcement agencies can stream “Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops” for free through May 2022 to better prepare cops to respond to people in crisis

People in mental crisis present challenges — to law enforcement as well as hospitals — and too often fall between the cracks

Of the nearly 50,000 annual crisis-related calls for service, the San Francisco Police Department used force only 51 times

The social worker identified his attacker as a dangerous man who had tried to kill a Holyoke police officer years before

This 2019 film follows two Texas police officers in their quest to improve outcomes for mental crisis calls

A look at some of the reforms police agencies and cities have implemented