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I don't think so. My guess is that sometimes the only way to deescalate is to leave someone alone. That's what you'd have to teach police. But presumably only a qualified mental health professional can answer that question.
Mental health student with his own emotional issues and that raised two small kids .
Yes, often the way to desecalate is to take space. It's anger management 101. If someone is not able to recognize they need space, the one able to should call for a time out (this is how time outs should be used by parents, not as punishment).
Police are trained to exert authority. It's not de-escalation training generally.
Which is why mental health professionals should accompany police in situations like this.
Thanks. Hmm, maybe police officers have mental health issues that prevent them from retreating and asserting their "authoritae". Maybe no amount of training or accompanying will help with that.
Police are trained to 'keep the peace' in a lot of situations. Like, in a bad traffic accident, the cops are there to direct traffic while the EMTs and Firefighters take the lead.
We just need to teach them to do the same with mental health workers and make that the standard for anything that's not a criminal complaint. They already do this with stuff like CPS calls in a lot of jurisdictions.
But yeah, a lot of cops are drawn to the job because they love power and authority. And it will take decades of restructuring of US policing to change that cultural tendency.