Help BJA Identify the Essential Elements of
Specialized Police-Based Responses to People with Mental Illnesses
The U.S. Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) needs your guidance to help improve outcomes of police encounters with people with mental illnesses.
Communities across the country are implementing crisis intervention teams (CITs), police-mental health teams, and other types of collaborative programs. Many of these communities want reliable information on the essential elements that comprise promising programs, and how these elements can be successfully implemented
To address this need, BJA has partnered with the Council of State Governments'
Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project and the
Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). The Consensus Project and PERF have developed a document that identifies and describes ten essential elements of any specialized police-based program.
This document now needs the review of specialists like you.
To review the elements, click here.
Your expertise is needed to ensure the document reflects real-world experience and jurisdictionsÂ’ particular concerns and circumstances. Through an interactive web forum, you will have an opportunity to express your agreement/disagreement with each element through poll and text questions.
Your feedback will enable staff to improve the draft essential elements for the field. With your help, the elements will provide the best possible resource for communities interested in developing or improving a police-based program. As a document contributor, you will be notified when a revised version is available for download.
For more information on this project,
click here.
