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BJA's CRIT Curriculum: Free Training Resources for Law Enforcement
For law enforcement officers, responding to situations involving individuals with behavioral health conditions (including mental health...
Nov 28, 2023
Integrating Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialists into Crisis Response
Across the United States, law enforcement and behavioral health agencies have increasingly begun to incorporate peer support specialists...
Dec 8, 2022
Policing and People with Developmental Disabilities: Emerging Issues in the Field
In recent years, there has been greater awareness that developmental disabilities may go undetected in individuals who come into contact...
Apr 8, 2022
Crisis Response for Rural Communities
Rural communities can face many challenges when developing and delivering crisis response programs for people with behavioral health...
Sep 16, 2021
Transforming Dispatch and Crisis Response Services
Historically, law enforcement has been the default response to all 911 calls for service, including incidents involving individuals...
Mar 2, 2021
Law Enforcement Engagement with People with Behavioral Health Issues and Developmental Disabilities
In August 2020, a multi-disciplinary group of individuals with subject matter expertise in police responses to people with behavioral...
Sep 1, 2020
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