A scoping review of harm reduction training for police officers

Drug and Alcohol Review
Triti KhorashehCarol Strike

Abstract

Preventable overdose deaths, especially due to opioids, have increasingly been reported worldwide. Expansion of life-saving harm reduction services is underway with increasing public support in some jurisdictions. However, such services often fall short of reaching people who use drugs (PWUD), in part, due to law enforcement practices that are aligned with punitive drug laws and incongruent with harm reduction principles. One suggested strategy to facilitate police understanding and uptake of practices that are more congruent with harm reduction is to provide police with relevant training. This scoping review synthesises English-language peer-reviewed and grey literature on harm reduction training programs for police. We reviewed 31 sources and found that most trainings covered topics related to harm reduction objectives, overdose recognition and response, occupational safety and policing practices. Information was often presented via single-session, 1-hour long, slide-assisted presentations that were integrated into in-service trainings. Inconsistent throughout the literature was the career stage or position/rank of training audience (e.g. cadets, senior officers, street-level officers), when and how much training should be pr...Continue Reading

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