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Larimer County Sheriff's Office Crisis Intervention Team
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 100
- 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:
- 30 approximately
Larimer County Sheriff's Office Crisis Intervention Team
Contact:
- Name:
- Sullivan, Tim
- Title:
- CIT Coordinator
- Organization:
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office
- Address:
- 1601 Brodie Ave.
Estes Park, CO - Email:
- sullivtp@co.larimer.co.us
- Phone:
- (970) 577-2071
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- Municipal
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 100
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:
- Initiated CIT program through federal grants at the state level (Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute CRCPI) Training program based on the Memphis, TN model. Program currently administered at state level and funded by local agencies.
- Total number of officers in program:
- 30 approximately
- Number of people with mental illness served:
- 101-200
- Catchment area:
- The entire jurisdiction
- Funding source(s):
- Sheriff's Department
- Staff supported by funding:
- Law Enforcement Officer
Program Partners and Personnel
- Existence of planning and oversight committee:
- Yes, currently
- Committee participants:
-
- Law enforcement supervisory-level staff
- Law enforcement leadership
- Mental health (and/or substance abuse) line-level staff
- Mental health (and/or substance abuse) supervisory-level staff
- Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
- NAMI / Larimer Centers for Mental Health
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- No
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers volunteer and all are selected.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- Yes. The program coordinator represents a law enforcement agency
- Same
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
-
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers
- 40 hours
- 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:
- Not Sure
- 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 on a form used only for mental health calls
- Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:
- Data is transmitted to State for statistical analysis. Originals kept in a separate, locked file by the CIT coordinator.
- Mental health professional available to support police responder:
- No
- 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:
- Crisis Assesments Centers hours vary & protocal varies depending on time & location.
- 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:
- 31-45 minutes
Program Sustainability
- Data collection:
- No
- Published evaluation:
- No
- Local media coverage:
- Local newspaper articles.
- Legislative funding or support:
- No
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