Warren Crisis Intervention Team

Quick Facts:

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
Warren Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:
84
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:
20

Warren Crisis Intervention Team

Contact:

Name:
Joseph R. Marhulik
Title:
Training Officer
Organization:
Warren Police Department
Address:
141 South Street SE
Warren, OH
Email:
jmarhulik@warren.org
Phone:
(330) 841-2654

Agency Information

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
Warren Police Department
Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
Township
Approximate number of officers in agency:
84

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:
Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
Background information:
The local courts were attempting to start a mental health court. Two Warren Police Officers were sent to the Akron Police Department in the summer of 2000 for Crisis Intervention Team Training. There has been no start up for the mental health court. However, the Warren Police Department and Trumbull County Life Lines started a CIT Steering Group and training for officers in the county started in April 2006.
Total number of officers in program:
20
Catchment area:
The entire jurisdiction
Funding source(s):
  • Police Department
  • Local Mental Health Department
    • Staff supported by funding:

      Program Partners and Personnel

      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
    • Consumers of mental health services
    • Family members of consumers
    • Advocates
      • Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
      Trumbull County Life Lines
      Written agreement of roles and procedures:
      Yes
      Recruitment and selection:
      Officers volunteer and some are selected.
      Program coordinator/boundary spanner
      Yes. There are multiple program coordinators
      Same John Myers Trumbull County Life Lines 4076 Youngstown Road Warren, Ohio 44484 (330) 675-2765 www.trumbulllifelines.org

      Training on Mental Health Issues

      Types of training on mental health issues:
    • Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy
    • 16
    • Basic in-service training for select patrol officers
    • 40
    • Basic in-service training for dispatchers and / or call takers
    • 10
    • Advanced in-service training for all patrol officers
    • 4
      • 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
      • Community members
      • Advocates
      • 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
      • Less lethal use of force options
      • 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:
      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:
    • 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:
      N/A
      Mental health professional available to support police responder:
    • Yes, on site (e.g. mobile crisis team)
    • 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:
      The officer will make that determination
      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):
    • Psychiatric emergency / crisis center
      • Drop-off center accepts people with co-occurring substance abuse disorders:
      Yes
      Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:
      21-30 minutes

      Program Sustainability

      Data collection:
      No
      Published evaluation:
      No
      Local media coverage:
      No
      Legislative funding or support:
      No
      Key to the program's success:
      I am only responding to questions that pertain to the Warren Police Department. Information can be obtained from Trumbull County Life Lines on Funding and Support
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