That LEO Guy Dealing with Mental Health - How to Recognize and Address those with Mental Health Conditions
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If you've been in law enforcement more than 15 minutes, you have dealt with someone with a severe mental condition. You may realize there's something off with this individual immediately, or it may be later in the interaction that they mention the aliens listening in on their phone or the FBI hiding in their attic and stealing their flour.
I don't say those things to make fun of these folks - I say it because it's real, and how you choose to steer the conversation when you realize there is a chemical imbalance causing delusion or other issues will effect the outcome of the stop.
In this episode I will discuss some common mental health conditions that you can fully expect to encounter regularly. People with severe mental health issues often become homeless and involved in hard drug use, exacerbating their underlying conditions.
Let's learn today how to identify these conditions the best we can during our brief interaction, and how to manage the individual safely and professionally.
There's nothing good about thinking someone is drunk and tasing them, then finding out later that they are severely mentally impaired. Use this episode to help develop your understanding, so that even though you were dispatched to a drunk and disorderly party, you have the knowledge and thought process to put on your mental health professional hat and transition into fixing the problem.
Happy listening!
-LEO
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