Presence of officers can increase distress, according to a study in which people with lived experience suggest they could be talked down
Presence of officers can increase distress, according to a study in which people with lived experience suggest they could be talked down
It’s more than just Australians saying this, C.A.H.O.O.T.S. reduced deaths and violent incidents against the mentally ill in crisis scenarios when it was deployed in Oregon, but ofc we won’t implement it anywhere else. Police almost always escalate the situation.