Purpose:Think critically about skills required by Police Officers in responding to Mental Health Calls

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR 3 Demonstrate a knowledge of mental health/mental illness

Objective of this Assignment: Think critically about skills required by Police Officers in responding to Mental Health Calls and why these skills might be important

For discussion:

Topic

Discuss the knowledge, skills and abilities that you believe are required of a police officer to interact effectively with a person behaving in an abnormal/disorderly manner who may have or has a mental illness? Why might these skills be important?

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