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Crisis Intervention Team
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Crisis Intervention Officer
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 300
- 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:
- 50 within the dept.
Crisis Intervention Team
Contact:
- Name:
- Greg Lindmark
- Title:
- Deputy Chief Investigative Services
- Organization:
- Crisis Intervention Officer
- Address:
- 420 W State
Rockford, IL - Email:
- gregory.lindmark@ci.rockford.il.us
- Phone:
- 815-967-6976
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Crisis Intervention Officer
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- Township
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 300
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:
- There is only one specialized response program in the jurisdiction.
- Background information:
- CIT training is state certified after completing a 40hour class. This class is structured around services provided within the city.There are over 100 CIT officers in the county of Winnebago. This is ongoing training as we gain additional CIT Officers yearly.
- Total number of officers in program:
- 50 within the dept.
- Number of people with mental illness served:
- More than 500
- Catchment area:
- More than one jurisdiction
- Funding source(s):
-
- Police Department
- Sheriff's Department
- Local Mental Health Department
- Community Mental Health Service Provider
- Staff supported by funding:
-
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Program Coordinator
Program Partners and Personnel
- Existence of planning and oversight committee:
- No (please proceed to question 17)
- Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
- Janet Wattles
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- Yes
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers volunteer and some are selected.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- State Program Coordinator
- Shelly Daunis 13123153286
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
-
- 4
- Basic in-service training for select patrol officers
- Number of officers who receive advanced training:
- 51-100
- Groups who conducts advanced training:
- Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
- Advocates
- 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
- Other information on training:
- I have been very impressed with the results of CIT. I am a strong advocate of the program and have done a research paper for the Police Executive Role in the 21St Century Program from WIU.
Response Procedures
- Standardized dispatch questions:
- Yes
- Dispatch documentation:
- Document in central computer database used for all calls, such as a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system
- Incident documentation by responding officer:
- Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:
- normal report
- Mental health professional available to support police responder:
- Yes, both on-site and remotely
- Officers permitted to transport people with mental illness to services when:
- The person has volunteered to receive mental health treatment
- The person is being brought to a hospital for emergency evaluation
- The person is being brought to a crisis center or other health care facility for stabilization or medications management
- Officers allowed to transport a person without handcuffs:
- Decision based on risk
- 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):
-
- Psychiatric emergency / crisis center
- Psychiatric emergency room in general hospital
- Drop-off center accepts people with co-occurring substance abuse disorders:
- Yes
- Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:
- 11-20 minutes
Program Sustainability
- Data collection:
- Yes
- Published evaluation:
- Reasearch paper done by me a year ago
- Local media coverage:
- When deopt. first implemented the CIT Program in 2004
- Legislative funding or support:
- No
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