scholarly journals Law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation: Incorporating a social services perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Lisa Deveau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Canadian Law

In this critical review and social innovation narrative, we analyze the literature regarding Canadian law enforcement agencies’ approach to de-escalation and crisis intervention. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we consider how the skills and values of social work can be used to inform and train officers on essential skills such as de-escalation and conflict resolution. We look at the systemic barriers to bringing about change within Canadian police forces as the current culture continues to be influenced by colonization and law enforcement continues to value and endorse use of force over de-escalation. While services can benefit by applying an interdisciplinary lens when training officers, the factors that impede this union and collaboration are discussed and explored as police services are given immense discretion in how they train and respond to mental health crises. In conclusion, we examine the government’s role in perpetuating these issues.

scholarly journals Police De-Escalation Training & Education: Nationally, Provincially, and Municipally

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Lisa Deveau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Mandated Training ◽  
Environmental Scan ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Canadian Law

In this critical review and social innovation narrative, the current literature on de-escalation and policing is reviewed. The following explores how services train recruits and experienced officers on de-escalation, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention skills. A limited environmental scan was completed to inquire about the number of hours dedicated to de-escalation training compared with tactical and combative training within Ontario law enforcement agencies. The environmental scan also considered how services respond to imminent mental heath crises, as some services rely on mental health professionals to respond to 911 emergencies with police officers, through the Mobile Crisis Team. Within the literature, questions are proposed about the government’s role in overseeing policing, and why there fails to be any federally or provincially mandated training and approach to mental health and de-escalation within Canadian law enforcement. The author ultimately advocates for systemic change by highlighting the priorities, values, and contradictions within Canadian police services which have been influenced by colonization and patriarchal narratives.

scholarly journals Law enforcement and mental health clinician partnerships in global mental health: outcomes for the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model adaptation in Liberia, West Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Boazak ◽  
Sarah Yoss ◽  
Brandon A. Kohrt ◽  
Wilfred Gwaikolo ◽  
Pat Strode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Crisis Intervention Team ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Intervention Team ◽  
Cit Model

Abstract Background The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a law enforcement strategy that aims to build alliances between the law enforcement and mental health communities. Despite its success in the United States, CIT has not been used in low- and middle-income countries. This study assesses the immediate and 9-month outcomes of CIT training on trainee knowledge and attitudes. Methods Twenty-two CIT trainees (14 law enforcement officers and eight mental health clinicians) were evaluated using pre-developed measures assessing knowledge and attitudes related to mental illness. Evaluations were conducted prior to, immediately after, and 9 months post training. Results The CIT training produced improvements both immediately and 9 months post training in knowledge and attitudes, suggesting that CIT can benefit law enforcement officers even in extremely low-resource settings with limited specialized mental health service infrastructure. Conclusion These findings support further exploration of the benefits of CIT in highly under-resourced settings.

Systematic Government Access to Private-Sector Data in Canada

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Bailey ◽  
Sara Shayan
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Search And Seizure ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Electronic Documents ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
Privacy Act ◽  
Canadian Law ◽  
Sector Data

This chapter focuses on Canadian law as it applies to government access to private-sector data. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms implicitly provides constitutional protection of privacy by prohibiting unreasonable search and seizure by the state (s. 8) and by limiting government intrusion on life, liberty and security of the person (s. 7). With some exceptions, the Charter requires law enforcement agencies to seek prior authorization before accessing personal information. However, Canada’s national security intelligence agencies are subject to more relaxed standards. The Privacy Act regulates federal government institutions’ relationship with personal information, whereas the private sector is regulated by the Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act. However, numerous exceptions in both statutes allow for (and in some cases encourage), information sharing between private-sector and state entities.

Roles and expectations for mental health professionals in law enforcement agencies

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Brown ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart ◽  
Glen D. King ◽  
Roger Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies

scholarly journals The Paradox of Police Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Wood
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Or Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Data Preservation ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Police Data

This paper considers the history and politics of ‘police data.’ Police data, I contend, is a category of endangered data reliant on voluntary and inconsistent reporting by law enforcement agencies; it is also inconsistently described and routinely housed in systems that were not designed with long-term strategies for data preservation, curation or management in mind. Moreover, whereas US law enforcement agencies have, for over a century, produced and published a great deal of data about crime, data about the ways in which police officers spend their time and make decisions about resources—as well as information about patterns of individual officer behavior, use of force, and in-custody deaths—is difficult to find. This presents a paradoxical situation wherein vast stores of extant data are completely inaccessible to the public. This paradoxical state is not new, but the continuation of a long history co-constituted by technologies, epistemologies and context.

Factors Influencing the Responses of Crisis Intervention Team–Certified Law Enforcement Officers

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian B. Lord ◽  
Beth Bjerregaard ◽  
Kristie R. Blevins ◽  
Holly Whisman
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Crisis Intervention Team ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Intervention Team ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Research indicates that Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs, a police response to citizens with mental illness (consumers), are beneficial; however, much of it is qualitative and limited to assessing the impact of the training CIT officers receive without considering other factors affecting consumer dispositional outcomes. It also is unclear whether the observed benefits persist over time. The purpose of this research is to use empirical data to address some of these unanswered questions, especially as they surround officer behavior. This study found differences between large and small law enforcement agencies and changes in dispositions of consumers over time. Policy and practice implications are discussed.

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