Mental Illness

LAPD mental crisis units going to more calls after deployment change, commander says

The specially trained teams, which consist of both cops and mental health clinicians, are asking for more officers

Ohio study: Most favor police responding to fewer non-violent emergencies

“What we heard from the community is there's an opportunity to actually bring some relief to the officers and what they have to do in the community."

Why quality matters in suspect and witness interviews – and how to get it

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Judges and juries expect police-shot videos to be broadcast-quality, and may view inferior videos with out-of-sync audio as proof of evidence tampering

After a tumultuous 2020, how tech can help LE with the challenges ahead

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Tech-facilitated improvements in coordination, collaboration and communication enable officers to deliver a more effective and safer response

Reasonable response, even if not perfect, entitles officers to judgement

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The court framed its task as determining not whether officers used best police practices but whether they violated the subject's rights under the Fourth Amendment

Why defunding the police won’t fix mental healthcare

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LEOs often interact with the same mentally ill individuals again and again. Here are three solutions for breaking the cycle.

San Francisco transit cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill, drug addicts

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BART Senior Officer Eric Hofstein has spent years patrolling downtown stations, trying to assist people in crisis

This officer’s partner is a mental health counselor

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“The counselors give us more tools to use, so we get the best possible outcome.”

Court approves officers’ use of force to restrain a possibly mentally ill subject who died during the struggle

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Court ruled the officers had probable cause to detain the subject for his own safety and the legal power to use reasonable force to accomplish that detention

NYC to send EMS, mental health personnel to some mental health calls instead of police

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the pilot program on Tuesday, calling the new approach "a big change in how things are done"

Gunman accused of ambushing New Orleans cops booked into mental ward

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Officials didn't elaborate on why the man, who is suspected of wounding an officer, was being detained in that section

LA County moves forward on re-imagining 911 call-in system

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A new call system isn't imminent, but mental health officials have been directed to start identifying ways to shift mental health crisis calls away from police

Critical incidents: Healing through seminar and peer support

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Described as an experiential workshop for officers who have ‘been there,’ the Post Critical Incident Seminar is a three-day event for officers who are ‘feeling stuck’