Date
2-24-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Human Services
Abstract
Mental health calls are an overwhelmingly consistent part of the law enforcement profession. With the lack of resources for the mental health community, law enforcement officers are becoming the contingency strategy. Relationships between the law enforcement and mental health communities are becoming imperative for every community. While developing these relationships, law enforcement officers can begin to develop response teams to handle mental health calls for service. Bringing on board clinical and non-clinical professionals from the mental health community can provide different intervention and therapy programs. Basic ethical principles, accepted in culture, include but are not limited to respect, honesty, and loyalty. Law enforcement officers can overcome a current issue plaguing communities and the profession by using the basic level of ethical principles and implementing them in a specialized team for mental health calls.