Identifying Chicago’s High Users of Police-Involved Emergency Services

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ID11039069
AuthorsAndrea Ruth Tentner (Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Amy Spellman (Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Allison Paulson (Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Cameron Day (0009-0009-6537-4162, Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Tonie Sadler (Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Ruth Coffman (Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Harold Pollack (0000-0003-1629-1175, Andrea Ruth Tentner, Amy Spellman, Cameron Day, and Ruth Coffman are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, Chicago, IL. Allison Paulson and Tonie Sadler are with University of Chicago Urban Labs, and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Chicago. Harold A. Pollack is with University of Chicago Urban Labs, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and University of Chicago Biological Science Division, Department of Public Health Sciences.), Harold A Pollack
Year2019
Volume109
Issue4
Pages607-613
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304923
PMID30789767
OpenAlexW2917192810
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

Objectives. To identify individuals at risk for behavioral health (BH)–involved encounters with police in Chicago, Illinois. Methods. We linked Chicago Police Department (CPD) arrest and Fire Department (CFD) BH-involved ambulance event data. We identified at-risk individuals who accumulated at least 1 BH-involved ambulance and at least 1 arrest event between May 2016 and April 2017. We identified a high-use subgroup displaying most intensive services use. We identified high-use locations with highest volume of ambulance events with only CFD data. Results. Of 83 392 individuals and 116 105 events in the linked emergency events data, 1842 at-risk individuals accounted for 2.2% of individuals, 5.6% of all events, and 16% of BH-involved CFD events with police involvement. A total of 330 high-use individuals accounted for 0.4% of individuals, 2% of events, and 4.7% of CFD events with police involvement. Top-100 high-use locations accounted for 9% of CFD events, and individuals of high-use location events are largely distinct from high-use individuals. Conclusions. Integrated police and ambulance data hold promise to identify individuals at risk for BH-involved encounters with police and to support proactive interventions to prevent or improve response at these encounters

Criminology · Emergency department · Medical emergency · Police department · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Demography · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Emergency Medicine · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology

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