Mental health training for front line police officers: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental health training; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11685602
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of York

Brief Summary

2017 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886163 results 2017 Other publications in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29273077 methodological and practical challenges

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-03
• Study Completion: 2017-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 25 July 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 722

Inclusion Criteria

1. Response and safer neighbourhood team officers within the ranks Police Community Support Officer, Police Constable, Inspector and Sergeant will be included in the trial, as these officers have regular contact with individuals with mental ill health
2. The two police stations with the highest number of eligible frontline police officers within each of the six Safer Command Areas will be recruited into the trial

Exclusion Criteria

1. To reduce the possibility of contamination, frontline officers with specialist roles (Fire-arms, Major Crimes and Dog units) will be excluded from the trial as these individuals often move between police stations
2. Control room and custody staff will also be excluded, as the study is aimed at frontline staff

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of calls per person, routinely collected via the Police's in-house Niche system. Assessed up to 6 months post-intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Number of incidents with section 136 applied<br>2. Number of incidents with 'mental health tags' applied<br>3. Number of individuals with a 'mental health flag' applied<br>4. Number of frequent callers <br><br>All outcomes will be assessed up to 6 months post-intervention. All study data is routinely collected via the Police's in-house Niche system. The appropriateness of mental health tags applied to a random sample of incidents will be checked by an independent mental health professional