Some cases this involves having specialized police units, and others it involves developing a collaborative relationship with mental health programs to provide a custom made response calls from people who are experiencing mental health symptoms. The range of prototypes includes mobile teams that involve the joining of police and mental health systems such as Vancouver’s Car 87 model, which is based within the mental health system. Or a police force based model like the Birmingham, Alabama model. In addition it also includes programs that are primarily police driven such as the police “reception center” model as well the program that has been widely replicated, the Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
Some cases this involves having specialized police units, and others it involves developing a collaborative relationship with mental health programs to provide a custom made response calls from people who are experiencing mental health symptoms. The range of prototypes includes mobile teams that involve the joining of police and mental health systems such as Vancouver’s Car 87 model, which is based within the mental health system. Or a police force based model like the Birmingham, Alabama model. In addition it also includes programs that are primarily police driven such as the police “reception center” model as well the program that has been widely replicated, the Memphis Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)