Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving &.

Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving&

Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving/NAMI

• Prison re-alignment75% prisoners are being treated for antisocial personality disorder

• Returning veterans with PTSDUSA Today article - 200,000 returning war vetsVanguard –Soldiers in Prisons

• Generation growing up on medicationMood stabilizers – Lithium

• Economy/ Social Safety Net/Perfect Storm


• 5150 Welfare Institution Code

• 647f Penal Code

• Increase in illegal narcotic/alcohol abuse and “deinstitutionalization” contributes to homeless population (self medicated)

• Suicide by cop

• Officer Safety


Oscar Grant Jan 2009

Jason Johnson June 2010

Fred Collins July 2010

Charles Hill July 2011


• NAMI Basics

• Family to Family

• Peer to Peer

• CIT


CIT or “Memphis Model” Developed in 1988

Community partnership between the police, mental health providers, National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI), and mental health consumers

Provides specially trained officers with 40 hrs. of the best quality of training available so they can respond to a crisis situation involving individuals suffering from mental illness


Training Benefits

- Crisis response is immediate- Arrests and use of force decreased- Underserved consumers are identified by officers and provided with care- Patience violence and use of restraints in the ER decreased- Officers better trained in verbal de-escalation- Officer’s injuries during crisis declined- Officer recognition and community appreciation increased- Cost savings ************


Some best practices to consider:

- Train all personnel- Train FTO’s- Less Lethal- Body cameras- Is there a policy? (Slow the call down)- Mental Health Outreach Worker- Network/NAMI


QUESTIONS

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