Compendium of Training/Education Programs for Police Officers
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Police Interactions with Persons with a Mental Illness: Police Learning in the Environment of Contemporary Policing Prepared for the Mental Health and the Law Advisory Committee Mental Health Commission of Canada By Terry G. Coleman, PhD(C) Dr. Dorothy Cotton May 2010 This report was prepared by Terry G. Coleman, PhD(C) and Dorothy Cotton, PhD with funding through the Police Project of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Mental Health and the Law Advisory Committee. The work of the Mental Health Commission of Canada is supported by a grant from Health Canada. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................................... 2 PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION I ......................................................................................................................................... 8 SECTION I ......................................................................................................................................... 8 1.0: Introduction: ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.0: Background: ........................................................................................................................ 8 3.0: Methodology: .................................................................................................................... 10 SECTION II: CURRENT POLICE LEARNING ..................................................................................... 11 4.0: In-Service Police Education and Training (Learning) - Canada ......................................... 11 ALBERTA ................................................................................................................................ 11 Alberta Government ......................................................................................................... 11 Calgary Police .................................................................................................................... 12 Edmonton Police ............................................................................................................... 13 ATLANTIC CANADA ................................................................................................................ 14 Provincial Policing - Atlantic Region (RCMP) .................................................................... 14 Halifax Regional Police (HRP) ............................................................................................ 14 Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) ........................................................................ 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA ............................................................................................................... 17 British Columbia Government ........................................................................................... 17 British Columbia Provincial Police ..................................................................................... 17 Vancouver Police (VPD) ..................................................................................................... 19 Delta Police ....................................................................................................................... 21 ONTARIO ............................................................................................................................... 21 Ontario Police College (OPC) ............................................................................................. 21 Peel Regional Police .......................................................................................................... 21 Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) .............................................................................. 22 Lanark County LEAD Team ................................................................................................ 23 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ......................................................................................... 24 Belleville Police .................................................................................................................. 25 Cornwall Police .................................................................................................................. 25 SASKATCHEWAN ................................................................................................................... 26 Saskatchewan Police College ............................................................................................ 26 ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN POLICE SERVICES ................................................................ 26 CALEA (The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) ..................... 26 Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) ........................................................................................ 27 Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN) ................................................................... 29 5.0: In-Service Police Education and Training (Learning) - International ................................ 30 UNITED STATES ..................................................................................................................... 30 ENGLAND AND WALES .......................................................................................................... 31 Dyfed Powys Police ........................................................................................................... 33 AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................................................ 34 2 SECTION III: Important Factors Affecting the Design of Education/Training ............................... 37 6.0: Evidence-Based Design and Delivery of Learning ............................................................. 37 7.0: Police Discretion and Ethical Decision-Making ................................................................. 43 8.0: The Target Group(s) for Police/Mental Health Learning .................................................. 46 9.0: Design and Delivery of Learning ....................................................................................... 47 10.0: Selection of the ‘Training’ Cadre ..................................................................................... 49 11.0: Procedural Justice and a Client/Customer Focus ........................................................... 50 12.0: Behaviour and Attitudes of Police Personnel ................................................................. 52 13.0: Stigma ............................................................................................................................. 53 14.0: Mental Illness, Violence and the Use-of-Force ............................................................... 54 15.0: Post Secondary Education .............................................................................................. 59 SECTION IV: RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................................... 61 Recommendation I: A Framework for Learning Design and Delivery.................................. 61 Recommendation II. The Learning Spectrum ...................................................................... 61 Recommendation III: Learning Model - TEMPO .................................................................. 63 TEMPO 100: ...................................................................................................................... 64 TEMPO 200: ...................................................................................................................... 65 TEMPO 300: ...................................................................................................................... 66 TEMPO 400: ...................................................................................................................... 66 TEMPO 500: ...................................................................................................................... 67 Recommendation IV: Selection of Trainers/Facilitators ...................................................... 67 Recommendation V: Competency Based Human Resource Management ......................... 68 Recommendation VI: A Stigma-free Police Environment .................................................... 69 Recommendation VII: Attitudes of Police Personnel........................................................... 70 Recommendation VIII: Use-Of-Force Training ..................................................................... 70 Recommendation IX: The ‘Right’ Learning for the ‘Right’ Personnel .................................. 71 Recommendation X: Design and Delivery of Police Learning .............................................. 71 Recommendation XI: Provincial Policing Standards ............................................................ 72 Recommendation XII: Policy and Standards ........................................................................ 72 Recommendation XIII: Resource data-base/library ............................................................. 73 Recommendation XIV: Integrated Learning