Objectives

We test the benefit of adding an outreach specialist to a dedicated police team tasked with helping the vulnerable community in the transit system move to treatment or shelter.

Methods

For a year, officer shifts were randomized to determine when they were accompanied by an outreach specialist. One hundred and fifty-eight in-depth treatment conversations regarding treatment or shelter with 165 vulnerable people were assessed for whether they were subsequently transported to a suitable facility.

Results

Likelihood of an individual in a treatment conversation with a specialist and a police officer being transported to a facility was 29% greater than the likelihood for an individual talking with only a police officer; however, this finding was not statistically significant.

Conclusions

With the outcome of getting vulnerable people (mainly people experiencing homelessness) to accept transportation to a shelter or treatment facility, the co-responder model did not significantly outperform the effect of specially trained police officers working independently of the outreach specialist.

中文翻译：

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共同应对和无家可归：SEPTA 交通警察 SAVE 实验

 目标

我们测试了在专门的警察团队中增加一名外展专家的好处，该团队的任务是帮助交通系统中的弱势群体前往治疗或避难所。

 方法

在一年的时间里，官员的轮班是随机的，以确定他们何时由外展专家陪同。与 165 名弱势群体进行了 158 次有关治疗或庇护的深入治疗对话，评估了他们随后是否被运送到合适的设施。

 结果

与专家和警察进行治疗对话的个人被送往设施的可能性比仅与警察对话的可能性高 29%；然而，这一发现在统计上并不显着。

 结论

就让弱势群体（主要是无家可归者）接受前往庇护所或治疗机构的结果而言，共同响应者模型并没有显着优于独立于外展专家而接受过专门训练的警察的效果。