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Cahokia Critical Intervention Team
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Cahokia Police Department
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 35
- Primary specialized response:
- Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Total number of officers in program:
- 8
Cahokia Critical Intervention Team
Contact:
- Name:
- Sgt. Richard A. Hill Sr.
- Organization:
- Cahokia Police Department
- Address:
- 103 Main St.
Cahokia, IL - Email:
- rhill57_cpd@yahoo.com
- Phone:
- 618-332-4224
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Cahokia Police Department
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- Township
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 35
Specialized Response Description
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Primary specialized response:
- Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
- Secondary specialized response:
- Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
- Background information:
- We are a part of an Illionois state program. I do not know when the program originated in the state but we entered into it a few years ago with several other southern Illinois agancies.
- Total number of officers in program:
- 8
- Number of people with mental illness served:
- 51-100
- Catchment area:
- More than one jurisdiction
- Staff supported by funding:
Program Partners and Personnel
- Existence of planning and oversight committee:
- Yes, currently
- Committee participants:
- Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
- St. Clair County Mental Health
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- Yes
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers are assigned.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- Yes. The program coordinator represents a law enforcement agency
- Shelley Daunis citcoordinator@att.net
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
-
- Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy
- unknown
- Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers
- 40 hours
- Number of officers who receive advanced training:
- 1-50
- Groups who conducts advanced training:
- Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
- Advanced training topics:
- Recognizing symptoms of mental illness, and clinical issues
- Co-occurring disorders
- Psychiatric medications
- Community resources (mental health services, etc.)
- Legal issues concerning individuals with mental illness
- Legal issues concerning police officer liability
- De-escalation techniques
- Less lethal use of force options
- Suicide prevention
- The role of families and other supports in mental health treatment and recovery
- Advanced training methods:
-
- Presentations (including panels, lectures, and/or PowerPoints)
- Role plays
- Site visits to community mental health facilities
- Videotapes
- Other information on training:
- I thought it would be better for medical personnel, paramedics, to handle and document the cases. Since they are much more likely to have knowledge of the syptoms and medications through their training.
Response Procedures
- Standardized dispatch questions:
- Not Sure
- Dispatch documentation:
- Not sure
- Incident documentation by responding officer:
- Record information on a form used only for mental health calls
- Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:
- If it was stored or available, it would be one factor in deciding how to handle the complaint. Each mental health case should be approached as a new and unique encounter. Previous knowledge of reoccuring problems can be useful but should not be the main source for decision making.
- Mental health professional available to support police responder:
- Yes, remotely by telephone or dispatch (e.g. a crisis worker or psychiatric emergency room personnel)
- Officers permitted to transport people with mental illness to services when:
- The person is being brought to a hospital for emergency evaluation
- Officers allowed to transport a person without handcuffs:
- GO requires handcuffing in all arrests but CIT is not actually an arrest. There can be exceptions.
- Access to drop-off locations:
- Yes. It is open 24 hours a day.
- Procedure for streamlined intake and a "no refusal" policy for police referrals?
- Yes
- Location of drop-off center(s):
- General hospital emergency room
- Drop-off center accepts people with co-occurring substance abuse disorders:
- Yes
- Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:
- 31-45 minutes
Program Sustainability
- Data collection:
- Yes
- Published evaluation:
- Unsure, contact the CIT Coordinator
- Local media coverage:
- Yes.
- Legislative funding or support:
- Yes.
- Key to the program's success:
- no.
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