Dobong-gu Conducts Four Sessions of On-Site Training for Police on Mental Health Emergency Intervention
Practical Training on Step-by-Step Emergency Crisis Intervention Response for Patrol Team Leaders of Police Substations and Precincts under Dobong Police Station
Amid recent indiscriminate stabbing incidents and subsequent copycat violent crimes, Dobong-gu has taken steps to enhance the on-site response capabilities of police officers who may encounter 'mental health emergency intervention' situations in the field.
Dobong-gu (Mayor Oh Eon-seok) announced that from the 11th to the 17th, it conducted 'On-Site Training for Mental Health Emergency Intervention' over four sessions at the 4th-floor Communication Room of Dobong Police Station, targeting patrol team leaders of substations and precincts under Dobong Police Station.
This training was organized to improve police officers' step-by-step response capabilities in emergency crisis intervention following the enforcement of the Mental Health Welfare Act, which expanded the police role in emergency hospitalization.
The lectures were led by Kang Min-jung, Deputy Director of the Mental Health Welfare Center at Dobong-gu Public Health Center, covering topics such as unifying standards on mental illness and police officers’ execution of duties regarding self-harm and harm to others, practical measures and response systems for therapeutic support of mental health and high-risk suicide groups.
On the day, Deputy Director Kang emphasized the role of practitioners in preventing mental illness patients from developing into high-risk groups through proactive mental health emergency responses and preemptively preventing incidents caused by them. She also focused on human rights-friendly treatment linkage methods for residents in suicide crisis.
A patrol team leader who participated in the training said, “Listening while recalling cases of mental health and suicide crises encountered during field dispatches helped me accurately understand the evaluation criteria and intervention methods for self-harm, harm to others, and urgency, as well as the types and procedures of inpatient treatment. Based on what I learned today, I will strive to provide practical assistance to Dobong-gu residents with mental health and suicide risks.”
Oh Eon-seok, Mayor of Dobong-gu, stated, “Since the enforcement of the ‘Act on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Welfare Services for Mental Patients’ in 2017, Dobong-gu has continuously worked to establish a mental health emergency response system and strengthen the community mental health safety net through collaboration between the police and the Mental Health Welfare Center. We will continue to do our best to support therapeutic interventions for Dobong-gu residents at risk of self-harm or harm to others due to mental health and suicide crises in cooperation with related organizations.”
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