Methods We examined all available crisis incidents (n = 19,648) over a three-year period from the Seattle Police Department (SPD) using a large administrative dataset. We conducted a multinomial logistic regression. Results We found that arrest was the least frequent outcome followed by no ...
TRENTON, N.J.– The New Jersey state attorney general is changing the state's use-of-force policy aftertwo fatal police shootings of people experiencing mental health crises. Attorney General Matthew Platkin says this is the first statewide policy of its kind and will require all police d...
Spanish Fork, UT- On February 16, 2023 Spanish Fork Police Department was contacted by Wasatch Mental Health to assist in taking an individual into custody on a Mental Health Court Order. When officers arrived the suspect would not cooperate or talk to officers or Mental Health workers. ...
LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4)- The Loveland Police Department is trying to add more mental health professionals to the force. This comes after two high-profile incidents: the June 2020 arrest ofKaren Garner, a 73-year-old womanwith dementia andlast week Alex Domina, a 19-year-oldwith mental issu...
Parcesepe AM, Cabassa LJ (2013) Public stigma of mental illness in the United States: a systematic literature review. Adm Policy Ment Health Ment Health Serv Res 40:384–399 Article Google Scholar Reaves BA (2015, May) Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin (local police departments, 2013:...
2023 provided us the opportunity to focus on mental health and wellness for our EGPD family. We have had a great deal of transition in the past couple of years and there was a need to focus internally while still meeting the needs of our community. Our success as a department is understa...
This survey study assesses the prevalence of mental illness and mental health care use among police officers at a large, urban police department in the US.
After the police shooting death of Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, inFerguson, Missouri, PresidentBarack Obamarequested $263 million to fund body camera programs and police training on Dec. 1, 2014. As a result theDepartment of Justice(DOJ) implemented the Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implement...
Background The Northern Police and Clinician Emergency Response (NPACER), a combined police and clinician second response team, was created to divert people in mental health crisis away from the hospital emergency department (ED) to care in the community or direct admission to acute inpatient servi...
,” and that commissioners need to make a quick decision on moving ahead with a new police headquarters project. A $28 million plan was rejected by voters in November, but commissioners have said they want to still figure out a way to provide new or improved facilities for the department....