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Gwinnett County Crisis Intervention Team Training
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Gwinnett County Police
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 600
- 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:
- approximately 25
Gwinnett County Crisis Intervention Team Training
Contact:
- Name:
- Webb Redmond
- Organization:
- Gwinnett County Police
- Address:
- 770 Hi Hope Road
Lawrenceville, GA - Email:
- webb.redmond@gwinnettcounty.com
- Phone:
- 770-271-6870 X 18
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Gwinnett County Police
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- Municipal
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 600
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:
- The program started as the result of our effort to join the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's goal of training 20% of all Law Enforcement Officers in Georgia in Crisis Intervention. We are sending Officers to the training that is currently being scheduled in an effort to reach the 20%.
- Total number of officers in program:
- approximately 25
- Number of people with mental illness served:
- More than 500
- Catchment area:
- The entire jurisdiction
- Funding source(s):
- Police Department
- Staff supported by funding:
- 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:
- NAMI Georgia
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- No
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers volunteer and some are selected.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- Yes. The program coordinator represents a law enforcement agency
- Liz Turner Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
-
- Basic in-service training for all patrol officers
- Basic in-service training for dispatchers and / or call takers
- Number of officers who receive advanced training:
- 1-50
- Groups who conducts advanced training:
-
- Police officers
- Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
- Medical professionals (doctors or nurses)
- Consumers
- 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
- 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
- Virtual reality/computerized simulations of mental illness symptoms
Response Procedures
- Standardized dispatch questions:
- Yes
- Dispatch documentation:
- Document in a specialized computer database for only mental health calls
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
- Yes
- 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:
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Legislative funding or support:
- No
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