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Patrol
Mentally Ill Subjects
Research shows that approximately five percent of U.S. citizens have a serious mental illness. What this means for law enforcement is that approximately seven percent of police contacts involve a mentally ill person and 10 to 15 percent of incarcerated persons are mentally ill.
May 31, 2007
Patrol
Contacting Mentally Ill Subjects
Fill your tool belt with things you need to keep yourself safe when dealing with the mentally ill. Each piece of information gathered before arriving on scene is another tool you may need.
November 30, 2008
Point of Law
Video: Articulating Interactions with Mentally Ill Subjects Using Mnemonics
Attorney Missy O'Linn discusses the mnemonics that can help officers explain their actions after an incident involving a mentally ill or unstable subject.
March 8, 2019
Patrol
Ohio Enacts Law to Create LE Database of Mentally Ill Subjects
Three years after Clark County (Ohio) Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Hopper was ambushed and killed by a deranged man, a new rule went into effect Wednesday requiring courts to notify police about violent offenders with a mental illness.
January 1, 2014
Patrol
Calif. Officers Cleared In Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Man
A federal judge has cleared several San Jose Police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill man in his back yard after he had slashed his brother's throat.
October 1, 2013
Patrol
De-Escalation In EDP Response
Embracing your empathy toward mentally ill subjects can help you achieve more favorable outcomes.
November 3, 2021
Patrol
Mentally Ill and Dangerous
Mental illness is defined as a psychiatric disorder characterized by abnormal functioning of the centers of the brain responsible for thought, perception, mood and behavior. And according to mental health codes, it is the substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgement, behavior, the capacity to recognize reality or the ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.
October 31, 1996
Patrol
Handling the Mentally Ill: There Are No Shortcuts for Officers
One study has shown that 32 percent of the homeless, who populate our urban streets, are mentally ill and if you have homeless people in your community, you most certainly have those who are mentally ill among them.
February 29, 2000
Patrol
Man Who Ambushed Ohio Deputy Had Similar Confrontation In 2001
Michael Ferryman, 57, who fatally shot Deputy Suzanne Hopper and then died in a gun fight with officers from five agencies, fired at Morgan County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputies from inside a trailer in 2001.
January 2, 2011
Patrol
Texas Mental Health Cuts Shift Burden to Cops
Texas law enforcement officers say the number of mental health calls they respond to "is snowballing."
March 12, 2011
Patrol
DOJ Opens Probe of Portland Police Bureau
The probe will determine whether there was a "pattern or practice" of excessive force. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division announced the probe Wednesday.
June 8, 2011
Patrol
Mental Illness Can Kill...You
Confrontations with emotionally disturbed subjects put officers’ lives at risk.
December 31, 2003
Training
How to Speak to the Mentally Ill
Barking orders and giving demands to someone who is already agitated will only make things worse.
April 26, 2019
Patrol
N.J. Cop's Arrest of Mentally Ill Man
Passaic (N.J.) PD's Officer Joseph Rios was suspended in June of 2009, following his altercation with Ronnie Holloway, a 49-year-old schizophrenic he arrested at Main Avenue and Summer Street. The officer had ordered him to zip up his sweat shirt.
August 5, 2011
Patrol
Portland Police Reforms Include Civilian Oversight Board
The Portland Police Bureau will establish a crisis intervention team and civilian oversight committee under a settlement agreement with the federal Department of Justice.
October 29, 2012
Point of Law
Point of Law: Mentally Ill Suspect Attacking with Vehicle
Louisiana sheriff’s deputies used deadly force when an apparently mentally ill man attacked a lieutenant with his car. The district court ruled for the officers and the plaintiffs appealed.
December 8, 2021
Patrol
Interfacing With the Mentally Ill
This 1960 documentary, "Booked for Safekeeping (Part I)" was made to train officers to help mentally ill and confused people. The film advocates that mentaly ill people be held in the least restrictive environment possible, particularly not in a jail cell unless absolutely essential. The film points out that there are often inadequate facilities and services to deal with such people, and that is why the job falls to the police.
December 3, 2009
Procedures & Policies
Phoenix PD Implements New Gun Pointing Policy, Announces More Mental Health Training and Full Rollout of Body Cameras
Chief Williams said she expects the new "Pointed Gun at Person" (PGP) reports will help the department track how many times officers can de-escalate potentially deadly situations.
August 19, 2019
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