Mental Health Conditions
Responding to individuals who 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
Officer Response To Mental Illness
Improving Officer Response to Persons with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities
Policy Center Resources
See AllCritical Incident Stress Management
This topic has been combined with the Employee Mental Health and Wellness policy.
Please contact the Policy Center with any questions.
Acute Behavioral Emergency
Police agencies should develop a cooperative response protocol shared by the agency, the emergency call center, emergency medical services, and hospital emergency department staff. The coordinated activities...
Responding to Persons Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis
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...
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...
Resources
Promising Practices to Address Wandering of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities or Dementia
This resource provides a comprehensive overview of wandering by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or dementia. It explores promising practices for implementing communication, technology…
Welfare Checks
Welfare checks are requests for the police to check on an individual due to concern for their safety or well-being. Reasons for such requests vary…
Law Enforcement Resources on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
These five resources provide law enforcement with information on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. These resources can be used by law enforcement to help assess and…
Mentor Match
The Mentor Match program was developed by IACP to facilitate the ability of those in the policing profession to connect with their peers for professional…
