ImprovingRelationshipsbetweenPoliceandtheMentalHealthCommunity

May25,2016DwayneMayes,MentalHealthAssociationWestchester

BrendaVezina,CentralMassRecoveryLearningCommunityAlanGreen,MentalHealthAssociationNebraskaSergeantJohnWalsh,LincolnPoliceDepartment

ModeratedbyOryxCohen,NationalEmpowermentCenter

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Today’sAgenda:

1. Housekeeping,background,andspeakerintroductions– OryxCohen

2. DwayneMayes3. BrendaVezina4. AlanGreenandSergeantJohnWalsh5. Q&A

• Policekillsomeoneinmentaloremotionalcrisisevery36hoursinthiscountry

• Overhalfofallpeoplekilledbythepolicehavebeendiagnosedwithsometypeofmentalillness

Background:TheBadNews

• Whenpeershaveanestablishedrelationshipwithpoliceand/orthepolicearetrainedinpracticessuchasCITorEmotionalCPR,theexperiencevastlyimprovesandtragedycanbeaverted.

• TheInternationalAssociationofChiefsofPolicerecommendbothCITandEmotionalCPR

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Background:TheGoodNews

ImprovingRelationshipsBetweenPoliceandtheMentalHealth

Community

APeerPerspective

DwayneJ.MayesCoordinatorofPeerServices

MentalHealthAssociationofWestchester,Inc.

Who/WhatistheMentalHealthCommunity?

SelectiveLawEnforcement:IntersectionofInjustice,Disabilityand

HumanRights

SocialContextofPoliceIntervention

Perceptions…PublicandPolice

Whenisanemotionalcrisisathreattopublicsafety?

CrisisInterventionTraining(NYC)http://www.ccitnyc.org/

1.911operatorscandispatchCITtrainedofficerstoEDPcalls2.550Officershavebeentrainedsincesummer20153.Goalisforatleast5500city-wideofficerstobetrained4.Trainingisvoluntary5.32hoursoftrainingspreadover4days6.HopetobuildaJailDiversionCenterinHarlem,SouthBronxorBrooklyn7.HopetohaveCITintheNYPDacademyby2017

CrisisInterventionTraining(WestchesterCounty)

• WehavebeendeliveringCITTrainingtoofficersinaregionalacademyformatsince2006. Roughguess,average40officersperyearfor10years,some400officers.

• NewRochellePoliceDepartmenthastrainedalloftheirCriticalIncidentUnitofficersaswellasthosepatrolofficersthatmightbecalledtosupporttheirCIU.

• WehaveacollaborativeinitiativewiththeCityofWhitePlainswithamentalhealthprofessionalembeddedintotheirDepartment. WecallitthePoliceMentalHealthOutreachTeam. Itisaco-responsemodelsimilartotheLAPD’sCaseAssessmentManagementProgram. Theyalsohaveover30%oftheirofficersCITtrained.

• WehaveamirrorcollaborativeinitiativewiththeCityofYonkersPoliceDepartmentinthe4thPrecinct. Co-responsemodelwithoneCountystaffmemberembeddedintothe4th.

• ThosearethepoliceagenciesthatIknowhavedonesomethingsubstantial. Myguessisthatinsomeoftheotherpolicedepartmentslike,Scarsdaleforexample,isaPoliceOfficerwhohastakenthetrainingtobecometheirCITofficer.

• WehaverunclassesinOrange,Putnam,Dutchess andUlsterandBronxcounties. WehadaclassrecentlyinthePoliceAcademyofWestchester.

What’snext?• ExpansionofAcademyTraining• IncreasedcollaborationwithMobileCrisisTeams• MoreofficerstrainedinCIT• Enhancedabilityfor911Dispatcherstolocatetrainedofficers

• Feed-backfromthefirstresponders

TheCentralMassRecoveryLearningCommunity/Kivacenter

209Shrewbury Street,Worcester,Ma

Thecommunityandtheconnectionwiththelocallaw

enforcement• TheWorcesterPoliceForceandtheRecoveryLearningCommunitywork

sidebysidetolessentraumawhenlawenforcementintersectswithapersonwithamentalhealthcondition.

• TheCITProgramanditsleadersrecognizethevalueofcommunityrelationshipsandsharinglivedexperience.

Together,theCITOfficersandthePeerCommunityworktowardmakingitsafertoaccessservicessuchasSubstanceAbuseInterventionClinicsandconnectpeoplewithpeerstoavoidatraumaticinstanceand/ora911hospitalintervention

• Wearebuildingtrustingrelationshipsbetweenuniformedpoliceandourcommunity,basedonthetruththatallpeoplearesubjecttoPostTraumaticStressDisorder-comingfroman“equalpeople-differentroles”perspectiveisnotthenormforpeopleinpowerandweworktoreducepowerdifferentialstoexposethehumanityandcompromiseinsituationswhentheycanberelievedbysuch

• …Thenthereisbetweenobesityanddiabetes,2/3ofpeoplewhostrugglewithsubstanceabusereportbeingabusedaschildren.

• ThatmeansthattheWaronDrugsisaWaronTraumatizedpeoplewhojustneedhelp----#endthedrugwar

• WhentheCentralMassRLCdiscoveredthat95%ofitsparticipantsdeclaresometraumaintheirlivesorchildhoods,wedecidedtoexposethistruthagainstallsupport.Therapists,doctors,etcwarnedusnottotalkabouttrauma,yet,wefindthattalkingabouttraumareducesnotonlysymptomsorbehaviors,itcreatesalevelofresilience!!!!

• Weworktogetherwithourlawenforcementtoreduceharmtoourcommunitymembersbypromotinganatmosphereofself-awarenessandself-careallwhilecreatinginclusivecommunities.

• Whensomethingoccursinourarea,thepolice,becauseofourongoingcommunicationandneighborhoodvisibility,respondinamoretraumasensitivewayleadingthepersontohelpratherthantofurthertraumaticexposure.

• ThesimplefactsarethattheCrisisInterventionTeamofficersapproachinplainclothes,nobadgesorweaponsexposedandtheypulltheirvehicletoaproperparkingspaceratherthantodrawattentiontoamarkedpolicecarandstigmatizeourcenterorfrightenourmembers.

• WelookforwardtocontinuingourworkwiththeCITPrograminallcountiesandarecurrentlyexpandingtoSouthbridge,Mass

• Itisalsoourexperiencetoask“WhatHappenedtoYou?”ratherthan“What’sWrongwithyou?”

• Itisthehumanconnectionthatfacilitatesthemostpositiveoutcomeandtheunderstandingoftheimpactoflanguage--

AnEffectivePartnership:TheUltimateWin-Win

AlanGreen,MHA-NESergeantJohnWalsh,LPD

Collaborationin:TrainingLawEnforcementAcademyFocusingonidentification, engagementandreferraloptions

LPDIn-ServiceTraining

BHThreatAssessmentAnnualtrainingforNebraskalawenforcementofficers,FBI,USMarshals

NEDOCSResiliency,dealingwithtraumaforCOs

Collaborationin:CrisisDiversion

R.E.A.L.Program:

Respond,Empower,Advocate,Listen

Utilizesaproactiveapproachandlivedexperiencetosupportpersonswhohavenon-criminalinteraction(s)withLPD.

TheNumbers...1,311individualsreferredtoR.E.A.L.byLPD(asof2.9.16)

782contactedbyR.E.A.L.peers(60%)

452acceptedR.E.A.L.services(58%)

302LPDofficersmakingreferrals

Supportservicesincludeshort&longtermpeersupport,referraltoappropriatecommunityservices

“Thisprogramisthelifebloodofwhatwedo.”–LPDChiefJimPeschong

“Thisprogramisthemostinvaluabletoolthatstreetofficershave.”– LPDOfficerMelissaRipley

“300policeofficersrarelyagreeonanything,buttheyagreeonthevalueofthisprogram.”TomCasady,CityofLincolnPublicSafetyDirector

MorefromLPD...

“ThecommentI’vereceivedmostoftenfromofficersisthatinthepastthey‘keptgoingoutontheguytimeaftertimebutafterreferralweneverseethemagain’.”

“It’spersonalandthepeerstrulycare.Theyunderstandtheimportanceofnaturalconsequences.Theselfdirectedapproachallowsforbuy-inandownershipofaddressingverycomplexissues.”

ContactUs

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