Transcript Crisis Intervention Teams

Overview Of CIT
Mental Health Commission
October 10, 2013
CIT History
 Brief History
 Full Program—NOT JUST TRAINING
 Three parts of CIT
 Additional
Training for Law Enforcement
 CIT Council-Problem solving and
Collaboration
 Jail Diversion Program
CIT Goals
 Improve the services to the mentally ill
within our community
 Improve collaboration and
communication among mental health
providers and first responders
 Identify the mentally ill within our
community that could be better served
by treatment than by incarceration
CIT Goals
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Give police officers the tools they need
to handle crisis intervention
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Increase knowledge of mental illness
Increase knowledge of community
resources
Teach skills in de-escalation
Increase officer and bystander safety
awareness
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What CIT is Not
 Quick fix to mental health problems in
our community
 Only a training program for law
enforcement
 A commitment to never use force against
the mentally ill
CIT Executive Council
 Should be approximately one-half law
enforcement
 Should have a representative from advocacy
groups, mental health providers, mental health
courts, probate council, juvenile, family member
 Should be a manageable number
 Serves as a means to organize a large group of
individuals/agencies involved in CIT
Mid-MO CIT Executive Council
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Three CPD officers
Three BCSD officers
Two MUPD officers
Mental Health Court
NAMI-Tim Harlan
University Hospital--Annette McDonald
Hospital Security--Randy Boehm
Boone County Legal Counsel--C.J. Dykhouse
Mid-Mo and DMH--Robert Reitz
Boone County Juvenile Office--Cindy Garrett
Burrell-Annie Juvie
Role of the CIT Executive
Council
 Coordinating body of CIT Council
 Actively participate in the work of the
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committees
Coordinate commitment to work toward 24/7
CIT officer availability
Serves as a review board that meets and
discusses individual cases and formulates
recommendations as needed
Assign projects to the committees as needed
Public Information source for the CIT Program
CIT Committees
 Law Enforcement/Courts
 Mental Health Providers/Medical
 Juvenile
 Family/Consumers
 Training
Law Enforcement Committee
 Write and approve CIT Policy for
involved police agencies
 CIT reporting
 Identify the best way to get law violators
with mental illness involved in mental
health court if appropriate
 Information sharing between L.E., P & P,
and the courts
Mental Health Providers/Medical
 Smooth process for involuntary/voluntary
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commitments
Getting information to first responders about
available resources
Develop/strengthen law enforcement, hospital,
provider linkages
Recommend emergency department policy for
CIT incidents
Look at the issue of crisis bed shortages
Information sharing
Juvenile
 Identifying those in need of services at
youngest possible age
 Coordination of available resources for
juveniles
 Information Sharing
 Training officers in the issues
surrounding young mentally ill
consumers
Family/consumers
 Teaching officers about available
resources for family members
 Advocates
 Giving feedback to officers on specific
interventions
 Family/consumer panels
 Suggestion of issues to the CIT Council
Training
 Develop and coordinate the 40 hour
training for law enforcement
 Develop familiarization programs for
dispatchers, supervisors and other first
responders
 Actively search for speakers and training
opportunities for CIT
Mental Health
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Law Enforcement
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Totality of the circumstances must meet criteria for imminent harm.
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RSMo 632.305 Detention for evaluation and treatment, who may
request--procedure--duration--disposition after application.
632.305.
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3. A mental health coordinator may request a peace officer to take or a
peace officer may take a person into custody for detention for
evaluation and treatment for a period not to exceed ninety-six hours
only when such mental health coordinator or peace officer has
reasonable cause to believe that such person is suffering from a mental
disorder and that the likelihood of serious harm by such person to
himself or others is imminent unless such person is immediately taken
into custody.
Mental Health
and
Law Enforcement
 Imminent Harm DMH 132 Form - Law
Enforcement
 Application for 96 Hour Detention and
Evaluation DMH 128 – Family
Member/Caregiver/Probate
Mike Krohn, BCSD
 Thank You!!