Normally, when police encounter an individual experiencing a mental health crisi

Normally, when police encounter an individual experiencing a mental health crisi

Normally, when police encounter an individual experiencing a mental health crisis, they often handle the situation through informal disposition using tactics to calm the individual, which is often called “psychiatric first aid.” When the situation cannot be handled informally, the officer may have to take the person to jail, which is often called “mercy booking.”
In the 1980s, the response to the growing mental health crisis was to focus largely on officer training. Today, police response calls for providing more specialized and focused responses.
Respond to the following:
Why should interactions with people with intellectual disabilities be made a part of police basic training?
What are some major components of police training when interacting with offenders with intellectual disabilities?