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Springville Crisis Intervention Team

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Springville Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 24
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:: Our department was contacetd by a neighboring agency with information on this program. Initially 2 officers were sent to the training and after completeing the training they began to use the training in the field. We have since sent 5 additional officers to the training and they are using the training in the field.
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

State Mental Health Authority
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:: Wasatch Mental Health
Written agreement of roles and procedures:: No
Recruitment and selection:: Officers volunteer and some are selected.
Program coordinator/boundary spanner: Yes. There are multiple program coordinators
: Several police departments throughout Utah have their own programs but all CIT programs are based on the same training and in conjunction with the Utah State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

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

4

Basic in-service training for dispatchers and / or call takers

4

Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers
Number of officers who receive advanced training:: 1-50
Groups who conducts advanced training:: Police officers

Mental health professionals (crisis workers)

Consumers
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
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

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 a field encounter form, or other form used to document every citizen encounter

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:

Officers have the discretion to handcuff or not but the decision is based on the officer's safety.

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

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