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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 8:57 pm
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1 results foundAuthor: Treatment Advocacy Center Title: Road Runners: The Role and Impact of Law Enforcement in Transporting Individuals with Severe Mental Illness, A National Survey Summary: Faced with limited community treatment options and a dire shortage of psychiatric inpatient beds, those in need of mental health treatment may not receive it until a crisis occurs and law enforcement intervenes. Approximately one-third of individuals with severe mental illness have their first contact with mental health treatment through a law enforcement encounter. Law enforcement officers are thus now often on the front lines of psychiatric care, charged with responding to, handling and even preventing mental illness crisis situations. Although members of law enforcement do not serve as treatment providers for any other illness, they have become "road runners," responding to mental health emergencies and traveling long distances to shuttle people with mental illness from one facility to another. Road Runners is the first-ever national survey of sheriffs' offices and police departments on these issues, and it provides a unique glimpse into the burdens they must shoulder as well as the fiscal and societal implications of the current situation. The survey responses represent 355 sheriffs' offices and police departments in the United States. Details: Arlington, Virginia: Treatment Advocacy Center, 2019. 41p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 7, 2019 at: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/road-runners Year: 2019 Country: United States URL: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/storage/documents/Road-Runners.pdf Shelf Number: 156212 Keywords: Community Treatment Law Enforcement Mental Health Treatment Mental Illness Police Department Sheriff Survey |