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The Resource Library is intended to provide law enforcement leaders, rank and file officers, community members, and policymakers with evidence-informed and best practice resources on de-escalation and crisis response.
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Law Enforcement Response to Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve Law Enforcement Strategies
Author: Dustin A. Richardson, Jeremy D. Barnum, Meagan E. Cahill, Dulani Woods, Kevin D. Lucey, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Brian A. Jackson
Topic Areas: Disability Response
Emerging Practices to Elevate and Replicate Community Responder Programs Nationwide: Expanding First Response National Commission Report
Author: Mari Bayer, Melissa McKee, Ashtan Towles
Topic Areas: Community-Based Services
A Police Leader’s Series on Responses to People with Behavioral Health Conditions or Developmental Disabilities: Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)
Author: Academic Training to Inform Police Responses
Topic Areas: LE-Led Crisis Response
Police-Mental Health Collaborations: Implementing Effective Law Enforcement Responses for People Who Have Mental Health Needs – The Project Coordinator’s Handbook
Author: Cynthea Kimmelman-DeVries, Deirdra Assey
Topic Areas: LE-Led Crisis Response
Law Enforcement Response to People with Developmental Disabilities: Steps for Deflection or Pre-Arrest Diversion
Author: Academic Training to Inform Police Responses
Topic Areas: Disability Response
Community-Driven Crisis Response: A Workbook for Coordinators
Author: Felicia López-Wright, Risë Haneberg
Topic Areas: Community-Based Services
Rethinking the Police Response to Mental Health-Related Calls: Promising Models
Author: Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
Topic Areas: Behavioral Health Crisis Response
What Works in De-Escalation Training: Implementation Lessons and Taking it to Scale
Author: Brian Tich
Topic Areas: De-escalation Tactics
Law Enforcement De-escalation Training: A Summary of Research and a Scan of Practice
Author: Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab
Topic Areas: De-escalation Tactics
Mental Health Conditions & Developmental Disabilities: Why Know the Difference
Author: Academic Training to Inform Police Responses
Topic Areas: Behavioral Health Crisis Response, Disability Response
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