FPD Clinicians received an award for Outstanding Leadership today from the Department of Mental Health. They have helped pave the way for co-response programs being embedded into Police Departments across the Commonwealth and beyond, and are an invaluable partner. Congrats!
Police officers attend many traumatic events day after day – with one having attended 300 suicides - but they don’t always get the help they need. The head of a leading UK suicide prevention charity has urged officers to seek mental health support https://t.co/WROztu9lJH #STEP
We are happy to introduce the #SLMPD Behavioral Health Response Team! They will be assisting officers on calls involving individuals going through a mental health crisis or other situations where a police response is not needed. #Welcome#STL
The NYPD will test letting mental health professionals, not police, respond to 911 calls about mental health emergencies.
Most cities still respond to such calls with armed police. According to a study of 2015-2016 police shootings, 1/4 of victims showed signs of mental illness.
The Brookhaven Police Department has added two mental health professionals to their team.
They will help officers handle someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis.
my friend: i really need your advice
me, ordering several things online i can’t afford while eating a block of cheese: yes ofc you’ve come to the right person
what I need right now is a full sugar Coca Cola so cold and so crispy it feels like I’m swallowing needles. I need a Coca Cola so carbonated it could be considered torture by top human rights organizations