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Police Training and Specialized Approaches to Respond to People With Mental Illnesses

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Hails, Judy, Borum, Randy·2003·Crime & Delinquency
DOI 10.1177/0011128702239235
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Eighty-four medium and large law enforcement agencies reported the amount of training provided on mental-health-related issues and the use of specialized responses for calls involving people with mental illnesses. Departments varied widely in the amount of training provided on mental-health-related topics, with a median of 6.5 hours for basic recruits and 1 hour for in-service training. Approximately one third of the agencies (32%) had some specialized response for dealing with calls involving people with mental illnesses. Twenty-one percent had a special unit or bureau within the department to assist in responding to these calls; 8% had access to a mental health mobile crisis team.

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  • Police officers are not extensively trained to assist with mental health or substance abuse crises and most believe that such incidents are outside of their professional purview.

    “police officers are not extensively trained to assist with such crises and most believe that such incidents are outside of their professional purview (48, 49).”

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    The Abstract reports a median of 6.5 hours of mental-health training for recruits and 1 hour of in-service training; the Discussion says training time was limited. The paper concerns responses to people with mental illnesses, not substance-abuse crises generally, and it does not report that most officers consider these calls outside their professional role. It instead says officers are responsible for responding but often feel inadequately equipped or supported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Hails, J., & Borum, R.
ORCID
Borum, Randy
Venue
Crime & Delinquency
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2003-01
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
52-61
ISSN
  • 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-387X
DOI
10.1177/0011128702239235
OpenAlex
W2161183065
Cited by
150
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 6
FWCI
23.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Keywords
police training, mental illness, law enforcement, specialized police units, crisis response, in-service training, recruit training

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