Caught in the currents: evaluating the evidence for common downstream police response interventions in calls involving persons with mental illness

Huey, Laura; Andersen, Judith P.; Bennell, Craig; Campbell, Mary Ann; Koziarski, Jacek; Vaughan, Adam D.

doi:10.1139/facets-2021-0055

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“…Automatic modulation training (AMT) and the International Performance, Resilience, and Efficiency Program (iPREP) were presented as potential intervention tools to support police officers in developing the skills needed to mitigate the negative impact of chronic occupational stress on job performance and physical and mental health [14,16]. Implications for policy and practice were presented, which may also be found in a 2021 RSC Policy Briefing [18].…”

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Stress Across the Lifespan in Canada: From Risk to Management. Conference Report

Fiocco

2024

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<p>In 2021, the Toronto Metropolitan University Institute for Stress and Wellbeing Research welcomed over 200 conference delegates across Canada to the inaugural Canadian Stress Research Summit (CSRS) to share ideas and foster collaboration among Canadian scholars. This conference was unique from existing international stress-related conferences as it bridged science and community. The objective of this conference report is to provide an overview of the 3-day virtual inaugural stress conference, offering a summary of the keynote addresses, themed symposia, spotlight presentations, graphical designs of selected presentations, and conference feedback. Overall, the CSRS highlighted important methodological considerations in understanding the relationship between stress exposure and various outcomes of interest that pertain to the mental health and wellbeing of Canadians. Furthermore, there is a need for continued work to understand stress across the lifespan from an inclusive and diverse Canadian lens.</p>

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Stress Across the Lifespan in Canada: From Risk to Management. Conference Report

Fiocco

2024

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“…Automatic modulation training (AMT) and the International Performance, Resilience, and Efficiency Program (iPREP) were presented as potential intervention tools to support police officers in developing the skills needed to mitigate the negative impact of chronic occupational stress on job performance and physical and mental health [ 14 , 16 ]. Implications for policy and practice were presented, which may also be found in a 2021 RSC Policy Briefing [ 18 ].…”

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Stress across the Lifespan: From Risk to Management—Conference Report on the Inaugural Canadian Stress Research Summit

Fiocco

2022

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In 2021, the Toronto Metropolitan University Institute for Stress and Wellbeing Research welcomed over 200 conference delegates across Canada to the inaugural Canadian Stress Research Summit (CSRS) to share ideas and foster collaboration among Canadian scholars. This conference was unique from existing international stress-related conferences as it bridged science and community. The objective of this conference report is to provide an overview of the 3-day virtual inaugural stress conference, offering a summary of the keynote addresses, themed symposia, spotlight presentations, graphical designs of selected presentations, and conference feedback. Overall, the CSRS highlighted important methodological considerations in understanding the relationship between stress exposure and various outcomes of interest that pertain to the mental health and wellbeing of Canadians. Furthermore, there is a need for continued work to understand stress across the lifespan from an inclusive and diverse Canadian lens.

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“…Beyond CIT, police services have also established efforts broadly referred to as "co-response teams," which are commonly comprised of a specially trained police officer working together with a mental health practitioner who then respond to PwPMI calls as a team Shapiro et al, 2015). Although the evidence on co-response teams is not conclusive nor consistent across existing scholarship that has largely been limited to descriptive or quasi-experimental investigations (see e.g., Bird & Shemilt, 2019;Dewa et al, 2018;Ghelani et al, 2022;Huey et al, 2021;Marcus & Stergiopoulos, 2022;Puntis et al, 2018;Seo et al, 2021;Shapiro et al, 2015;Taheri, 2016;Watson et al, 2017;Watson et al, 2019), findings suggest that co-response teams may reduce use of force incidents, arrests, costs associated with PwPMI calls, and time spent at PwPMI calls, while also increasing referrals to community-based mental health services, PwPMI engagement with outpatient services, and PwPMI satisfaction when interacting with the police (Blais et al, 2020;Fahim et al, 2016;Kirst et al, 2015;Kisely et al, 2010;Lamanna et al, 2018;Semple et al, 2021).…”

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The spatial (in)stability of mental health calls for police service

Koziarski

2022

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research summary Inspired by studies on crime concentration, scholars have begun examining the spatial patterns of other issues under the police mandate, such as calls for service involving persons with perceived mental illness (PwPMI). While findings show that PwPMI calls for service concentrate in a few number of places, we do not know whether the concentration of these calls fall within a narrow bandwidth of spatial units nor whether these calls are spatially stable. Drawing on 7 years of calls for service data from the Barrie Police Service, this study tests for the temporal stability of PwPMI call for service concentrations at two units of spatial analysis and applies a longitudinal variation of the Spatial Point Pattern Test to assess the spatial stability of these calls at both the global and local levels. The results reveal that concentrations of PwPMI calls for service not only fall within a narrow proportional bandwidth of spatial units, but are spatially stable, even during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Policy implications Existing police‐ and community‐based efforts that respond to PwPMI in the community are tasked with responding to crises that could have been prevented with timelier intervention. Drawing from crime‐focused, place‐based policing strategies whose deployment is informed by the spatial concentration of crime, scholars have similarly argued that knowledge on where PwPMI calls for service concentrate can be leveraged to inform and deploy place‐based efforts whose focus is to assist PwPMI in a proactive capacity. The findings of the present study further substantiates the deployment of PwPMI‐focused police‐ and community‐based resources as proactive, place‐based efforts. In doing so, these efforts could not only prevent mental health crises from occurring but could prevent future police‐involved calls for service and thus reduce the footprint of the police in the lives of PwPMI in a reactive capacity.

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Caught in the currents: evaluating the evidence for common downstream police response interventions in calls involving persons with mental illness

Cited by 9 publications

References 103 publications

Stress Across the Lifespan in Canada: From Risk to Management. Conference Report

Stress Across the Lifespan in Canada: From Risk to Management. Conference Report

Stress across the Lifespan: From Risk to Management—Conference Report on the Inaugural Canadian Stress Research Summit

The spatial (in)stability of mental health calls for police service

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