A total of 27.9% of officers felt anxious during the interactions. Less knowledge about mental health problems was associated with greater anxiety. The study revealed the German police officers' subjective perception of police dispatches involving people with mental illness. The results underline the ...
A significant portion of police work involves contact with persons who have mental illness. This study examined how knowledge that a person has a mental illness influences police officers' perceptions, attitudes, and responses. A total of 382 police officers who were taking a variety of in-service...
Campus police officers are often among the initial contacts for behavioral incidents involving people with mental illness. Their training and access to resources influence decisions to direct the individual to support services and/or through campus disciplinary processes and/or the criminal justice system...
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.
Questionnaires were sent to all operational officers in a regional police service regarding their level of knowledge about and attitudes towards, mental illness. It was widely accepted by police officers that mental illness occurred commonly, can be effectively treated in the community and that the ma...
"This is not just a police matter," White said. "We need help with this system. The officers are routinely put into this mode, and candidly, we're seeing more and more violent episodes." Advocates for people with mental illness say they face a greater risk of a police encounter resultin...
Tanisha Anderson, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was killed by police as her family watched officersslam her to the groundin front of the family home. Dennis Grigsby struggled with mental illness his entire life. He was shot and killed by an officer in Texas w...
Often, officers work some odd hours and it can be difficult to get on a solid sleep routine. This lack of sleep coupled with the stress of the events of any given day can make it very difficult to find the necessary time to unwind and relax after the job is done....
training for police officers stationed in schools; require prospective police officers to pass a psychological exam before being hired; and mandate four hours of crisis management training for police officers every two years designed to help de-escalate situations involving people with mental...
Officers do not have sufficient resources to deal with people with mental health issues (PMHI) or assist individuals in crisis (Home Affairs Select Committee, 2015). PMHI who are suspected of an offence can be cautioned, arrested and/ or taken into police custody. Typically involving low ...