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Logan City Crisis Intervention Team

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Logan City Police
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 60
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:: 6

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:: Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
Background information:: The Chief felt there was a need and several officers were sent to training and became certified CIT members.
Total number of officers in program:: 6
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:: Bear River Mental Health
Written agreement of roles and procedures:: No
Recruitment and selection:: Officers volunteer and some are selected.
Program coordinator/boundary spanner: No

Types of training on mental health issues:: Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy

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Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers

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Number of officers who receive advanced training:: 1-50
Groups who conducts advanced training:: Police officers

Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
Advanced training topics:: Recognizing symptoms of mental illness, and clinical issues

De-escalation techniques
Advanced training methods:: Presentations (including panels, lectures, and/or PowerPoints)

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

Record information in an arrest report
Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:: For officer safety and contact information as to the current mental health case worker
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:: Not under arrest and prior to being searched for weapons
Access to drop-off locations:: No. (proceed to question 38)
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

Data collection:: No
Published evaluation:: No
Local media coverage:: After it was first started the local newspaper ran a story.
Legislative funding or support:: No

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