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At ILEETA 2023 POLICE contributor Doug Wyllie discusses building better Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) with Nicholas Greco of C3 Education Research. Topics include why every officer is not a fit for CIT. The importance of the team aspects of CIT.
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The Harris County Sheriff's Office is a model for other agencies that want to learn about crisis intervention and mental health crisis response. Sgt. Jose Gomez shares the story of their programs and provides 10 tips for mental health crisis call response
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Digimation's DART provides options for police while overcoming barriers to training.
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“We have to improve the perception of how people see law enforcement as well. I think this is one of the things that helps us do that when we are approaching things differently in the correct way, like this, as opposed to responding or reacting to these calls in a way that is counterproductive to the individual and the family.”
Read More →Officers will continue to be on scene to respond to criminal activity and safety concerns. But in cases of non-violent mental health emergencies, they will call on a mobile crisis team for support.
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The Tampa Police Department will soon have officers and mental health professionals in the same vehicle on patrol.
Read More →In one pilot program starting this fall, a paramedic will be dispatched with a mental health clinician for “behavioral health calls.” In another, a paramedic will work with a “recovery specialist” on calls involving substance abuse.
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Officers with the Brookhaven (IL) Police Department will now have the assistance of two mental health professionals when responding to calls involving persons in mental distress.
Read More →The eight-person team will have a supervising sergeant, a detective, three social workers and three police officers, said Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown.
Read More →Chief Williams said she expects the new "Pointed Gun at Person" (PGP) reports will help the department track how many times officers can de-escalate potentially deadly situations.
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