Improving Responses to People with Mental Illness: The Essential Elements of a Specialized Law-Enforcement based Program

Improving Responses to People with Mental Illness: The Essential Elements of a Specialized Law-Enforcement based Program. Just released from the Consensus Project.
The ten essential elements for specialized law enforcement-based programs are described. These elements are: collaborative planning and implementation; program design; specialized training; call-taker and dispatcher protocols; stabilization, observation, and disposition; transportation and custodial transfer; information exchange and confidentiality; treatment, supports, and services; organizational support; and program evaluation and sustainability.