Background Police mental health street triage is an increasingly common intervention when
dealing with police incidents in which there is a suspected mental health component. We …

Methods For the purposes of this review,“research on CIT” was defined as evaluations,
surveys, or outcome studies conducted to examine specific research questions or test …

As persons with mental illnesses and law enforcement become increasingly intertwined, the
collaboration of police and mental health service providers has become critical to …

There are calls across America for police to re-imagine themselves as 'guardians' rather
than 'warriors' in the performance of their innumerable duties. The contentious history of …

Objective Individuals with serious mental illnesses are very likely to interact with police
officers. The crisis intervention team (CIT) model is being widely implemented by police …

The large numbers of people with mental illness in jails and prisons has fueled policy
concern in all domains of the justice system. This includes police practice, where initial …

Objectives To measure disparities in experience of police use of force and injury among
persons with serious mental illnesses. Methods We gathered novel police use of force and …

Abstract The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is an approach for law enforcement
officers to safely response to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis …

Historically, as many as 7–10% of US police contacts have involved persons with mental
illnesses, with a disproportionate amount of these encounters resulting in arrest, usually for …

It has been suggested that the police tend to respond to the unusual behaviors of mentally
disordered individuals with coercive tactics that should be reserved for criminal offenders …