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

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Sep. 11, 2008
ANNOTATION: The ten essential elements comprising a specialized law enforcement-based program are described. 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.
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