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Troy Emotionally Disturbed Persons Response Team

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:: Troy Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:: 122
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:: 20

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:: Program was modeled after similar one in Rochester, NY. Concept to implementation was about one year.
Total number of officers in program:: 20
Number of people with mental illness served:: 101-200
Catchment area:: The entire jurisdiction
Funding source(s):: Police Department

Local Mental Health Department
Staff supported by funding:: Law Enforcement Officer

Existence of planning and oversight committee:: Yes, currently
Committee participants:: Law enforcement leadership

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

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

Mental health (and/or substance abuse) leadership
Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:: Northeast health, Rensselaer Coutny Mental Health
Written agreement of roles and procedures:: Yes
Recruitment and selection:: Officers volunteer and all are selected.
Program coordinator/boundary spanner: Yes. The program coordinator represents a law enforcement agency
: Sergeant Matthew Montanino, Troy Police Department, 55 State Street, Troy, NY 12180 matt.montanino@troyny.gov

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

Basic in-service training for all patrol officers

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Standardized dispatch questions:: Yes
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:: To assist in repeat calls & data base
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:: Voluntary MHL if the officers deems transport necessary/apprpriate
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):: 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

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