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Image for Improving Officer Response to Persons With Mental Illness and Other Disabilities: A Guide for Law Enforcement Leaders

Improving Officer Response to Persons With Mental Illness and Other Disabilities: A Guide for Law Enforcement Leaders

This poster summarizes how law enforcement officers should approach individuals with mental health and disabilities. The authors describe how to design a program in a jurisdiction, how to understand mental health issues, why law enforcement leaders must take action, and how to position chiefs as leaders to influence others.

Type: Publication

Length: 2 pages

Publication Date: August 11, 2018

Agencies: International Association of Chiefs of Police

Topics: Crisis Intervention, Mental Health, Training

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