DIRECTIVE 10.9

Question 1

1. What is the main objective when dealing with severely mentally disabled persons.
2. How is this best accomplished.

Answer 1

1. To aid and protect the interest of the SMDP, innocent bystanders , and family members, without compromising the safety. Of every one.
2. By de-escalating the incident and containing and isolating the individual

Question 2

1. What is the one thing that is of no importance when dealing with a SMDP.
2. What will not be taken by police personnel
3. Unless what.

Answer 2

1. Time is of no importance.
2. Aggressive action will not be taken by police
3. Unless there is an immediate threat to life or physical danger to the SMDP, the police , or other civilians.

Question 3

1. What are people with mental illness usually.

2. What do they try to do.

Answer 3

1. They are usually frightened.

2. They want to get away, not attack.

Question 4

1, where will a SMDP always be taken.
2. Where will they never be taken

3. If the SMDP turns into a barricaded person, who will be the scene commander.
4. Who will then be notified.

Answer 4

1. To a crisis response center.
2. Never to a police station.
3. The highest ranking patrol supervisor or command inspection bureau. CIB.
4. SWAT and a Mental HEalth Delegate.

Question 5

1. Severely mentally disabled person

2. Psychosis.

Answer 5

1. Person who is severely mentally disabled, when as a result of mental illness, their capacity to exercise self control, judgment, and discretion in the conduct of their affairs and social relations, or doesn’t allow them to care for their own personal needs.
2. A mental disorder where the person is disorganized, lost contact with reality, paranoid, hallucinates, or has seizures, may be due to use of drugs or alcohol.

Question 6

1. The zone of safety

2. What is the ,minimum distance for the zone of safety

Answer 6

1. A secure distance to be maintained between a SMDP and responding personnel.
2. Minimum of 20 feet

Question 7

1. What is the primary duty of all police officers.

Answer 7

1. To preserve human life.

Question 8

1. For a call for a SMDP , who has commitment papers approved, who will radio dispatch to the scene.

Answer 8

1. An EPW.
2. A CIT trained officer
3. And a patrol supervisor

Question 9

1. How should all involuntary emergency commitments be transported.
2. Who should be transported via RPC.
3. How will elderly or frail persons be transported .
4. Who will be responsible for determine how an elderly or frail person will be transported.
5. How will individuals with physical injury be transported
6. Will police transport a patient from one center to another.

Answer 9

1. In an EPW.
2. Juveniles 14 and under should be transported via RPC.
3. Through the fire dept medic unit.
4. The EMS supervisor
5. By fire rescue personnel
6. No.

Question 10

1. What does not constitute an immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death

Answer 10

1. Damage to property

Question 11

1. Upon arrival , who will take control of the assignment for a SMDP call.
2. Who will be responsible for all the paperwork and necessary action.

Answer 11

1. The CIT trained officer

2. The cit trained officer.

Question 12

SEVERELY MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS

Answer 12

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