Mental Health Crisis Response
Officers are trained to stop behavior rather than treat psychiatric conditions. The proposed solution is co-response by mental health professionals and law enforcement. Handling mental health crises exclusively through law enforcement is p…
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Officers are trained to stop behavior rather than treat psychiatric conditions. The proposed solution is co-response by mental health professionals and law enforcement. Handling mental health crises exclusively through law enforcement is presented as a structural failure. Law enforcement tools are described as mismatched for irrational mental health crises.