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One Mind Pledge

I PLEDGE…

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Congratulations and thank you for pledging to train 80% of your department’s sworn officers and other support staff in Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety and 20% in CIT or CRIT training through IACP’s “One Mind” pledge. Mental Health First Aid training can help every officer better serve their communities by giving them critical skills to respond safely and responsibly to situations involving people with mental health or substance use challenges.

 

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If you’ve taken the pledge and you’re ready to train your officers in Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety, please email Hello@MentalHealthFirstAid.org, or call 1-888-244-8980 to get started.

moreinfobuttonRead our One Mind Pledge Campaign FAQ and download the One Mind Pledge Campaign overview flyer to learn what steps you need to take to train your department. Questions? Email us at Hello@MentalHealthFirstAid.org.

“If we can prevent today’s depressed person from becoming tomorrow’s barricaded person, then we’ve done our job on many, many levels.”

– Captain Joseph Coffey, Rhode Island, TRAINED in Mental Health First Aid

  • Mental Health First Aid training has taught the officer to ask his charges, “What happened?” instead of, “What’s wrong with you?”” –Officer Orlando Singleton
  • So many people are out there wishing for something better, hoping that help will show up. That’s what Mental Health First Aid is – it is help to get people connected to care and ultimately to get them to a better place.” –Tousha Paxton-Barnes, U.S. Army Veteran
  • I wish that every corrections officer could receive Mental Health First Aid training. I believe that our corrections system would be better because of it – the inmates would benefit, the officers would benefit and ultimately our communities would benefit.” –Lt. Virgil Meyer, Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  • As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might think they choose to be that way – or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says “how can I be helpful,” that is a powerful question. ” –Alyssa Fruchtenicht, School-Based Mental Health Counselor
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