Mental Health

Responding to individuals are affected by mental illness or are in crisis is an increasing challenge and important issue in policing. The IACP is committed to helping the law enforcement field in implementing effective police responses to individuals in mental health crisis which ensure public and officer safety.

One Mind Campaign

Enhancing Law Enforcement Engagement with Individuals with Mental Health Conditions

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One Mind Campaign

Officer Response To Mental Illness

Improving Officer Response to Persons with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities

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Officer Response To Mental Illness

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Critical Incident Stress Management

This topic has been combined with the Employee Mental Health and Wellness policy.

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Excited Delirium

Law enforcement agencies should develop a cooperative response protocol shared by the agency, the emergency call center, emergency medical services (EMS), and hospital emergency department staff. The...

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Mental Illness*

Responding to situations involving individuals reasonably believed to be persons in crisis (PIC) necessitates an officer to make difficult judgments about the mental state and...

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Post-Shooting Personnel Support

Law enforcement duties can expose officers to mentally painful and highly stressful situations that cannot be resolved through normal stress coping mechanisms. Unless adequately treated...

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Police Chaplains

Police chaplains assist police agency personnel with personal, spiritual, moral, and ethical consultation. Police chaplains are clergy whose function is to provide support and guidance...

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Resources on Developmental Disabilities

These resources discuss the importance of understanding developmental disabilities and highlight common encounters officers may have with individuals with developmental disabilities in the field.