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Granite City Crisis Intervention Team

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Granite City Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 55
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:: 12

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Granite City Police Department
Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:: Township
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 55

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:: The program started when the department started receiving more and more crisis intervention calls.
Total number of officers in program:: 12
Number of people with mental illness served:: 51-100
Catchment area:: The entire jurisdiction
Funding source(s):: Police Department
Staff supported by funding:: Law Enforcement Officer

Existence of planning and oversight committee:: No (please proceed to question 17)
Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:: Chestnut
Written agreement of roles and procedures:: No
Recruitment and selection:: Officers volunteer and all are selected.
Program coordinator/boundary spanner: No

Types of training on mental health issues:: Basic in-service training for select patrol officers

40
Number of officers who receive advanced training:: 1-50
Groups who conducts advanced training:: Medical professionals (doctors or nurses)
Advanced training topics:: Recognizing symptoms of mental illness, and clinical issues

Standardized dispatch questions:

Dispatch documentation:

Document in central computer database used for all calls, such as a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system

Incident documentation by responding officer:

Record information in an arrest report

Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:

Information only

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 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:

Access to drop-off locations:

No. (proceed to question 38)

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:

Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:

11-20 minutes

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