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Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 10
- Primary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Total number of officers in program:
- 5
Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
Contact:
- Name:
- Nashville Police Department
- Title:
- Patrolman
- Organization:
- Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
- Address:
- 875 S.Mill St.
Nashville, IL - Email:
- nashcops@charter.net
- Phone:
- 618-327-8232
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- County or Parish
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 10
Specialized Response Description
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Primary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Secondary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Background information:
- The Crisis Intervention Teams came to be as a result of citizen involvement with state government. Local legislators with close family contacts saw a real need to implement a statewide program to provide training for law enforcement officers in Illinois. As a result of the statewide program local police and sherrifs offices have been provided specalized training to give officers' an understanding of mental illnesses and the effects of those illnesses.
- Total number of officers in program:
- 5
- Number of people with mental illness served:
- 101-200
- Catchment area:
- More than one jurisdiction
- 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:
- Illinois Social Services
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- No
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers volunteer and all are selected.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- No
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
-
- Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy
- 8
- 32
- 40
- Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers
- Number of officers who receive advanced training:
- 1-50
- Groups who conducts advanced training:
-
- Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
- Medical professionals (doctors or nurses)
- Community members
- Advocates
- Family member of a person with mental illness
- 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
Response Procedures
- Standardized dispatch questions:
- Yes
- Dispatch documentation:
- Document in paper files
- Incident documentation by responding officer:
-
- Relay information to dispatch who records it in general computer database used for all calls, such as a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system
- Record information on a form used only for mental health calls
- Record information in a field encounter form, or other form used to document every citizen encounter
- Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:
- Information is stored in-house and provided to officers upon a need basis
- 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
- Officers allowed to transport a person without handcuffs:
- No
- 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:
- No
- Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:
- More than 45 minutes
Program Sustainability
- Data collection:
- No
- Published evaluation:
- No
- Local media coverage:
- Yes.
- Legislative funding or support:
- Yes.
- Key to the program's success:
- no
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