How Mental Health Crisis Response Became Police Work

Oct. 7, 2026
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Read time: <5 mins

Police officers are often the first to respond when someone experiences a mental health crisis, but are they always the best option? Ford School professor David Thacher examines nearly a century of policing history and shares findings that challenge some common assumptions about who should respond to these situations.

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