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Tucson Police Department & Pima Coounty Sheriff
Quick Facts:
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Tucson PD & Pima Co Sheriff
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 1028
- Primary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Total number of officers in program:
- 40
Tucson Police Department & Pima Coounty Sheriff
Contact:
- Name:
- Douglas A. Stephens
- Organization:
- Tucson Police Department & Pima Coounty Sheriff
- Address:
- 5925 E Calle Silvosa
Tucson, AZ - Email:
- pops0204@cox.net
- Phone:
- 520-290-1974
Agency Information
- Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
- Tucson PD & Pima Co Sheriff
- Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
- Township
- Approximate number of officers in agency:
- 1028
Specialized Response Description
- Program start year:
- 2005 or earlier
- Primary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Secondary specialized response:
- Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
- Total number of officers in program:
- 40
- Catchment area:
- The entire jurisdiction
- Funding source(s):
- Police Department
- Staff supported by funding:
- Law Enforcement Officer
Program Partners and Personnel
- Existence of planning and oversight committee:
- Yes, currently
- Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
- Community Partnership of Southern Arizona
- Written agreement of roles and procedures:
- Yes
- Recruitment and selection:
- Officers volunteer and some are selected.
- Program coordinator/boundary spanner
- Yes. The program coordinator represents a mental health agency
Training on Mental Health Issues
- Types of training on mental health issues:
- Basic in-service training for select patrol officers
- Number of officers who receive advanced training:
- 1-50
- Groups who conducts advanced training:
-
- Mental health professionals (crisis workers)
- Consumers
- Advocates
- 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
- Less lethal use of force options
- Suicide prevention
Response Procedures
- Standardized dispatch questions:
- Not Sure
- Dispatch documentation:
- Not sure
- Incident documentation by responding officer:
- Not sure
- 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
- Officers allowed to transport a person without handcuffs:
- No
- Access to drop-off locations:
- Yes. It is open 24 hours a day.
- 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:
- Yes
- Published evaluation:
- No
- Legislative funding or support:
- No
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