This study examined the perceptions and lived experiences of people with mental illness in
relation to their interactions with the police. A community-based participatory research
approach was used and a procedural justice theoretical perspective guided the study. In-
depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted by peer researchers with 60 people with
mental illness who had interacted with the police and were living in Metro Vancouver,
Canada. Among the study participants, contact with the police was frequent and occurred�…