Crisis Intervention Teams
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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
Give police officers the tools they need
to handle crisis intervention
1.
Increase knowledge of mental illness
Increase knowledge of community
resources
Teach skills in de-escalation
Increase officer and bystander safety
awareness
2.
3.
4.
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
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
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
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
and
Law Enforcement
Totality of the circumstances must meet criteria for imminent harm.
RSMo 632.305 Detention for evaluation and treatment, who may
request--procedure--duration--disposition after application.
632.305.
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
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