Law enforcement officers regularly respond to calls that involve people with mental illnesses. On rare but highly publicized occasions, these incidents result in injury or death for the individual, officer, or others at the scene. More often, officers spend long periods of time on these complex calls for service only to see the person cycling through the criminal justice system without any positive long-term effect

On this webinar, national experts in law enforcement and mental health will discuss effective crisis response models and outline how community behavioral healthcare providers and law enforcement can collaborate to provide safe responses and better outcomes.

We will spotlight Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: The Essential Elements of a Specialized Law Enforcement Program, a report from Council of State Governments Justice Center and the Police Executive Research Forum, which highlights 10 key components to provide better outcomes in officers’ encounters with individuals with mental illnesses.