3.400 Responding To Persons in BHE Flashcards
The department recognizes that incidents involving persons experiencing behavioral emergency or with special needs may be resolved more effectively with ________________ outside of the criminal justice system.
collaborative resources
Persons with a mental illness are to be treated ____________
like other citizens
People with mental illness should only be taken into custody when;
- There is probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe they have committed an arrestable offense and arrest is the best choice based on the totality of the circumstances,
- they present a clear danger to themselves or others
Officers with _____________ will be dispatched to provide direction and guidance to events involving persons who are in crisis, showing signs and symptoms of behavioral emergency, or who are believed to have a mental illness or developmental disability.
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training
When responding to a BHE or person with mental illness call, the field supervisor will:
- Acknowledge notification over the radio, monitor the event, and ensure a CIT officer is en route.
- Respond to the scene and assume command and control of tactics (see LVMPD 3.110, Use of Force, “De-escalation”):
a. Events involving persons threatening suicide under volatile circumstances (individual is holding a weapon or threatening to jump).
b. Persons who are experiencing symptoms of behavioral emergency and/or medical emergency.
c. Any event where circumstances indicate the situation may become volatile.
- Ensure SWAT/Crisis Negotiators are requested when required (see LVMPD 3.300, Supervisors Tactic for Armed Subject Response [STAR] De-Escalation Protocol, LVMPD 3.505, Barricaded Subject Plan, and LVMPD 3.510, Hostage Plan).
It is the policy of this department that a subject who appears to be under the influence of drugs, disoriented, agitated or aggressive, or in an altered mental state will be considered a behavioral emergency. This behavior can increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
In such encounters, officers will attempt to ________ the situation while using reasonable force to place the subject into police custody and seek __________
de-escalate; immediate emergency medical care
The department respects the rights of persons with mental illness and will protect their right to _________ unless they present ___________ to themselves or others
be left alone; a danger
Armed department personnel are required to secure all weapons (including ECD and baton) prior to ___________to any mental health hospital for investigative purposes.
routine entry
When an emergency exists at a secured
mental health facility, responding officers ____________be required to disarm in the secure areas of a facility that normally require removal of weapons.
will not
