Transforming first response through non-police, community safety response programmes: a peer-reviewed and grey literature scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Police are frequently dispatched to a wide range of 911 calls, including mental and behavioural health crises, despite lacking the training, resources and time to respond effectively. In particular, people with serious mental illness are at elevated risk of experiencing excessive use of force, arrest and continued criminal legal involvement following police contact. Following the murder of George Floyd and other highly publicised police killings, Community Safety Response (CSR) programmes, staffed by unarmed peers, mental health professionals and other trained responders, have proliferated to provide non-police responses to mental and behavioural health and other quality-of-life concerns. CSR programmes have expanded rapidly, yet the evidence base remains fragmented an

SUBMITTER: Todd TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature