According to the APA, it is estimated that at least 20% of police calls for service involve a mental health or substance use crisis, and for many departments, that demand is growing. Many of these incidents have brought into question the adequacy of officers’ training to respond to mental health calls, and as a result, more police departments are teaming with mental health clinicians—including psychologists—out in the field or behind the scenes via crisis intervention training.
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