Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, Flashcards
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, Police officers may only involuntarily commit an individual without a warrant if they personally observe the conduct of a person which constitutes reasonable grounds to believe that __________?
They are severely mentally disabled and in need of immediate treatment.
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, The main objective when handling a Severely Mentally Disabled Person person is to _____?
To Aid and protect all parties
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, Define Crisis Intervention team ?
A cadre of volunteer police officers specifically trained to recognize, deal with or otherwise deescalate severely mentally disabled persons in behavioral or emotional distress.
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, The secure distance to be maintained be maintained between a SMPD and responding personnel . The recommended minimum distance is ________
20 feet
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, True or False , Time is of no importance when handling an SMDP ?
True : people with mental illness are usually frightened, and want to get away not attack
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, Any person_________ ? years of age or older who believes that they are in need of treatment ……May submit themselves to examination and treatment under this ACT , provided the decision to do so is made voluntarily.
14
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, If the situation escalation to a barricaded person, Who will be the incident Commander ?
The Ranking supervisor
According to Directive 10.9 Severely Mentally Disabled Persons, Under no circumstances will an SMDP be left unattended in a police vehicle while awaits psychiatric or medical attention. True or False ?
True
