Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes.

Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions.

A public health approach to violence is required to help 21st-century policing evolve.

Benefits of physicians’ work with law enforcement personnel in field-based operations are ethically rich and complex.

CIT programs are partnerships between police and the mental health community members developed with little involvement from psychiatrists.

Dr Brandon Morshedi joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Faroukh Mehkri: “Should a Physician Ever Violate SWAT or TEMS Protocol in a Mass Casualty Incident?”

Dr Jeremy Ackerman joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Tactical Emergency Casualty Care and the Art of Practicing Nonmaleficence in Harm’s Way.”

Dr Natalie Bonfine joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Mark R. Munetz: “Crisis Intervention Team Program Leadership Must Include Psychiatrists.”