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Gurnee Crisis Intervention Team

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Gurnee Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 66
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:: 7

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 Illinois State Training Board wanted to develop the program throughout Lake County, IL. Five departments are currently involved with officers trained in CIT.
Total number of officers in program:: 7
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:: Yes, formerly
Committee participants:: Law enforcement supervisory-level staff

Mental health (and/or substance abuse) supervisory-level staff

Advocates
Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:: Lake County Health Dept. Behavior Health Services
Written agreement of roles and procedures:: Yes
Recruitment and selection:: Officers volunteer and all are selected.
Program coordinator/boundary spanner: No

Types of training on mental health issues:

Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy

4 hours

Basic in-service training for select patrol officers

40 hours

Number of officers who receive advanced training:

1-50

Groups who conducts advanced training:

Advanced training methods:

Standardized dispatch questions:: No
Dispatch documentation:: Document in central computer database used for all calls, such as a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system
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
Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:: To provide responding officers with prior contact information if necessary.
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
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?: No
Location of drop-off center(s):: Psychiatric emergency room in general hospital
Drop-off center accepts people with co-occurring substance abuse disorders:: No
Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:: 31-45 minutes

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