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> Intensive specialized training is provided to offic- ers in departments using a police-based specialized police response. This strategy involves having sworn

> Intensive specialized training is provided to offic- ers in departments using a police-based specialized police response. This strategy involves having sworn officers with specialized mental health training pro- vide crisis intervention services and act as liaisons to the formal mental health system. Deane et al.2 found that only three percent of departments use this ap- proach—among them, the Memphis Crisis Inter- vention Team (CIT). CIT officers make up about 15 to 20 percent of patrol officers and receive 40 hours of training that focuses on scenarios derived from actual incidents. Officers receive extensive training in de-escalation techniques.9 The second approach, a police-based specialized mental health response, was used by 12 percent of the departments. Mental health consultants, who were not sworn officers, were hired by the police depart- ment to provide on-site and telephone consultation to officers in the field. The third approach, a mental- health-based specialized mental health response, was used by 30 percent of the departments. This strategy involved reliance on mobile crisis teams. The teams were part of the local community mental health ser- vice system. The teams had developed a relationship with the local police departments to provide assis- tance on the scene. http://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/33/1/50.full.pdf http://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/33/1/50.full.pdf Of note, the remaining 55% of the departments in that study did not have a formal policy at the time (2005). edit: additionally, in that paper they discuss the notably high proportion of police officers expressing interest in mental health training - almost all of them

jakelazaroff 5y ago
To be clear, this is referring to a very specific subset of police: "crisis intervention team" officers within the 3% of departments that use a "police-based specialized police response" to mental health issues.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
  That is not a correct reading of the quoted analysis. In tabular form: CIT 3% police-based specialized mental health response 12% mental- health-based specialized mental health response 30% no formal policy 55%
  - jakelazaroff 5y ago
    Agreed. And the relevant sentences, within the paragraph about CIT: > CIT officers make up about 15 to 20 percent of patrol officers and receive 40 hours of training that focuses on scenarios derived from actual incidents. Officers receive extensive training in de-escalation techniques. It's ambiguous whether "officers" in the second sentence refers to all officers or only CIT officers (I read it as the latter). Regardless, according to this analysis only 0.45–3% of all patrol officers receive this training that is specifically with regard to people with mental illness. Edit in case my math is unclear: according to this research, 3% of all department use CIT or similar. Assuming 100% of officers in those departments receive the training, that works out to 3% of all patrol officers. Assuming only the ~15% of CIT officers receive the training, that works out to 0.45% of all patrol officers.
    - 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
      I didn’t understand why they chose to include that extra information about CIT, but maybe the authors were just being thorough. I did read it as if it were written: 15-20% of Memphis Police patrol officers are also CIT officers edit: I’d highlight that the authors did emphasize the intensive nature of de-escalation techniques for CIT training and that perhaps they were singling out Memphis as “state-of-the-art” police policy, at that time, with regard to law enforcement officers being tasked with mental health care.
    - 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
      In reply to your edit, you also need to account for the same training that may or may not be provided in all the other cases. This review article did not highlight any such data, but it likely exists in the research under review or in other available research
      - jakelazaroff 5y ago
        Sure — but the point is that given the evidence we’ve discussed so far, there’s no reason to believe de-escalation training is more normative than that disturbing seminar.

jakelazaroff 5y ago

To be clear, this is referring to a very specific subset of police: "crisis intervention team" officers within the 3% of departments that use a "police-based specialized police response" to mental health issues.

9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
That is not a correct reading of the quoted analysis. In tabular form: CIT 3% police-based specialized mental health response 12% mental- health-based specialized mental health response 30% no formal policy 55%
- jakelazaroff 5y ago
  Agreed. And the relevant sentences, within the paragraph about CIT: > CIT officers make up about 15 to 20 percent of patrol officers and receive 40 hours of training that focuses on scenarios derived from actual incidents. Officers receive extensive training in de-escalation techniques. It's ambiguous whether "officers" in the second sentence refers to all officers or only CIT officers (I read it as the latter). Regardless, according to this analysis only 0.45–3% of all patrol officers receive this training that is specifically with regard to people with mental illness. Edit in case my math is unclear: according to this research, 3% of all department use CIT or similar. Assuming 100% of officers in those departments receive the training, that works out to 3% of all patrol officers. Assuming only the ~15% of CIT officers receive the training, that works out to 0.45% of all patrol officers.
  - 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
    I didn’t understand why they chose to include that extra information about CIT, but maybe the authors were just being thorough. I did read it as if it were written: 15-20% of Memphis Police patrol officers are also CIT officers edit: I’d highlight that the authors did emphasize the intensive nature of de-escalation techniques for CIT training and that perhaps they were singling out Memphis as “state-of-the-art” police policy, at that time, with regard to law enforcement officers being tasked with mental health care.
  - 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
    In reply to your edit, you also need to account for the same training that may or may not be provided in all the other cases. This review article did not highlight any such data, but it likely exists in the research under review or in other available research
    - jakelazaroff 5y ago
      Sure — but the point is that given the evidence we’ve discussed so far, there’s no reason to believe de-escalation training is more normative than that disturbing seminar.