Planning and Implementing a Police-Mental Health Collaboration Program

SAMSHA Best Practice Guide

Delivering Behavioral Health Services in a Police-Mental Health Collaboration

November 2017

Series

Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit

This video provides an overview of the role of behavioral health providers when treating and delivering services to people with behavioral health care needs who come in contact with law enforcement.

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Planning and Implementing

Learn about the importance of leadership by chiefs and sheriffs, working collaboratively with mental health and community stakeholders, and using a multi-step program design process.

10 Essential Elements for Effective Community Partnerships between Law Enforcement and Mental Health

Albuquerque Police & Community Relations Collaborative: Mental Health Providers

Webinar: Law Enforcement and Mental Health, A Community-Wide Collaborative Strategy

Webinar Archive: Fostering Criminal Justice/Mental Health Collaboration: Building Lasting Partnerships

Mental Health Division, Houston Police Department

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office)

The Collaboration Toolkit for Community Organizations: Effective Strategies to Partner with Law Enforcement

Cops and the Mentally Ill

For Police, a Playbook for Conflicts Involving Mental Illness

Should Police Accommodate People with Mental Illness in Crisis? The Supreme Court Weighs In—Kind Of

Police Officers on the Front Line as Mental Health Workers

An Integrated Approach to De-Escalation and Minimizing Use of Force

Improving Officer Response to Persons with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities: A Guide for Law Enforcement Leaders

Tailoring the Police Response to People with Mental Illness to Community Characteristics in the USA

Defining Moments for Police Chiefs

Implementing POP: Leading, Structuring, and Managing a Problem-Oriented Police Agency

Managing Change in Law Enforcement

The Management of Change in Police Organizations

Advice from Police Chiefs and Community Leaders On Building Trust: "Ask for Help, Work together, and Show Respect"

Distraught people, deadly results

A Cry for Help

Implementing Responses to Problems