Note
Authors affiliated with: Ontario Police College (Ron Hoffman), St. Joseph’s Health Care London (Laurel Putnam).
"(including excerpts from Bill 68, December 2000)."
"Writing team: Ron Hoffman, Subject Coordinator of Tactical Communications, Ontario Police College; Laurel Putnam, Director, Specialty Programs, Regional Mental Health Care London (St. Joseph’s Health Care London)."
"Contributions also made by: the Psychiatric Survivors Network; the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario; Policing Services Division, Standards Branch, Ministry of Community Safety and Corrections (former Ministry of the Solicitor General); Various Chiefs of Police, Crown Attorneys, Assertive Case Managers, Self-Help Networks and Patient Councils and; Signature Group Inc., Sudbury, for the design and layout of this manual."
The original document was published on the public website of the Government of Ontario.
© Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2004. Reproduced with permission.
Summary
Historically, there has been little
emphasis by police agencies on considering other
strategies in the deployment of their duties under
the mental health act and how strategies, such as
verbal skills, could de-escalate a potentially difficult
situation. A major aim of this resource guide for police
is to fill this gap by offering practical strategies to
safely handle mental health situations until
appropriate psychiatric services can be accessed.