Co-Responder Models in Action: Police Responses to Vulnerable Population

Saturday, October 19, 2024

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Location: 204AB

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Brett Chapman, Ph.D.

Senior Social Scientist Analyst
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Speaker(s)

Scott Booth

Chief of Police
Roanoke (VA) Police Department
Howard B. Hall

Chief (Ret.)
Roanoke (VA) Police Department
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Jerry Ratcliffe, Ph.D.

Professor
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sue-Ming Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States

The proposed panel will highlight the National Institute of Justice’s research investments in police responses to vulnerable populations using co-responder models. The first presentation will provide a discussion of the impact of mobile crisis teams on outcomes of persons with mental illness in four police jurisdictions in the Roanoke Valley region of Virginia. The second presentation will provide a discussion of an evaluation of police-social worker outreach teams in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) tasked with helping vulnerable populations.