Mental Health Policies Quiz
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When should officers file felony charges against mentally ill individuals being charged with an offense?

  • When the individual is in need of treatment in a hospital
  • When the individual has a history of violent behavior
  • When the individual poses a substantial risk of physical harm to others (correct)
  • When the individual is admitted for a mental health evaluation
  • What is the criterion for an individual to be in need of treatment in a hospital for mental illness?

  • Recent homicidal or violent behavior
  • Recent threats that place another in fear of serious physical harm
  • Inability or failure to provide for basic physical needs
  • All of the above (correct)
  • What should officers do when encountering a barricaded individual?

  • Refer to the “Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)” general order (correct)
  • Attempt to negotiate with the individual
  • Forcefully enter the premises
  • All of the above
  • Under what circumstances can sworn personnel take a mentally ill individual into custody and transport them to a mental health facility?

    <p>Only when there is a court order granting authority to do so</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of ORC Section 5122.10?

    <p>To ensure the safety of the individual and others by allowing law enforcement personnel to take mentally ill individuals into custody for a mental health evaluation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What qualifies as a mentally ill individual under the policy statements?

    <p>A person who has a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Officers should always file felony charges against mentally ill individuals being charged with an offense.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An individual who poses a risk of physical harm to others due to recent violent behavior can be taken into custody and transported to a mental health facility.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sworn personnel should not refer to the general order on Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) when encountering a barricaded individual.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Sworn personnel must always transport a mentally ill individual when there is a court order granting authority to do so

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under ORC Section 5122.10, law enforcement personnel have the authority to take mentally ill individuals into custody to ensure the safety of the individual and others

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a foreign agency has been granted authority by a court order to take custody of a mentally ill individual, sworn personnel should not detain the individual and contact that foreign agency to request that they respond and take custody

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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