How to Develop and Sustain CIT in a Rural Community

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How to Develop and Sustain CIT in a Rural
Community

• Detective Chris Weaver, State College PD
• Officer Travis Park, Ferguson Township PD
• Natalie Corman, Director of Adult Services
• Tracy Small, CIT Coordinator

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WHO IS CENTRE COUNTY?

• 6 local law enforcement departments
• PA State Police enforces rural parts of county
• State College University Town
• Rest of county - suburban to rural
• Three Commissioners
• County wide Crisis to include mobile and phone

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WHY CIT IN CENTRE COUNTY?

• 2008 shooting of a mentally ill man with a weapon
  at a local radio station.
• Limited Communication between Law Enforcement and
  Mental Health Agencies.
• Lack of Understanding and Knowledge of available
  Mental Health Services
• Lack of Understanding about Law Enforcements
  Role and Responsibility

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WHAT Started CIT in Centre County?

• Eight staff attended a CIT training Johnstown,
  April 2010. The following list is the agencies
  trained
• Ferguson Township Police Department
• Pennsylvania State University Police Department
• State College Borough Police Department
• Centre County Correctional Facility
• Centre County Can Help
• Centre County Mental Health/Intellectual
  Disabilities
• Local NAMI Chapter attended one day
• Expanded training committee to include additional
  staff from 911, EMS, and all six local police
  departments.

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WHEN CIT Happened in Centre County

• January 2011 First Training held in State
  College
• 21 trainees completed the course
• Presented each officer with certificate and pin.
  
• All funding was supplied by our local NAMI to
  include food costs, training materials, and pins.
  

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WHEN CIT Started in Centre County

• Policy developed in February 2011 that describes
  CIT Officer responsibilities, trainings, and
  department interaction.
• Training scheduled is determined based on the
  community needs.
• Received PCCD Grant and hired Consultant in March
  2011.

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HOW CIT Works in Centre County

• Coordinator
• PCCD Grant
• Outreach
• Community Activities
• Current Trainings see schedule
• Data Sheets see data sheets
• Current Issues

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How Can CIT Work Everywhere?

• Rural Partnerships
• Getting the right partners at the table
• Policy in place for jurisdictions
• Resources!!!!
• Why we need this? (events, increased calls, etc.)
• Funding Opportunities
• Review Intercept Model
• Who needs to be trained based on model

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CIT GRANT INFO

• Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
• Criminal Justice Advisory Board Initiative Grant
• April 1, 2011 March 31, 2012
• 75 Grant
• 25 Cash Match
• Received Cash Match from Police
  Departments/911/Correctional Facility/NAMI/LifeLin
  k
• Total Grant Amount 35,305

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CIT GRANT

• Contracted Consultant through Centre County
  Office of Adult Services
• Contract is for an average of 12 hours per week
• All expenses paid through County Government
• Received Funding for the Following Line Items
• Cell Phone 99.99
• Travel 140.00
• Conference Expenses 101.56
• Office Supplies 373.75
• Contracted Consultant Fee 16,620.00
• Computer 1,175.28
• Printers 371.74
• Advertisement of Consultant Position 214.14
• Binders and Materials 1,210.94
• Food (removed from budget in October 2011 due to
  Federal Regulations) 1,333.28
• Phone/Internet 740.27
• Pins 600.61
• Brochures 253.03
• CIT International Dues 25.00
• TOTAL 23,259.59

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CIT GRANT

• Remaining Cash Match funding we had for the 11-12
  grant was used for the expenses to attend this
  conference.
• For the 2012-2013 Grant, we requested 23,488 in
  total.
• PCCD 11,744 Cash Match 11,744
• In regards to food for the trainings, we have
  used the following resources
• NAMI contributed additional funding to pay for
  lunches
• Meadows Psychiatric Center and CAN HELP has
  donated 3 meals per 2 training weeks and snack
  food for several days over the 2 trainings in
  lieu of cash match.
• Police departments have covered food and
  beverages in addition to their cash match
  contributions.

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Police Buy In

• Use existing Tactical/Negotiation Officers
• Combine Negotiations and CIT together for
  trainings and make CIT requirement to become
  Negotiator.
• Use Officers who have had high profile or
  positive MH/ID incidents
• Use Officers who have personal connection to
  MH/ID (family, Military PTSD experience)
• Make agreements with adjoining Departments to
  assist with CIT calls

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Police Buy In Benefits to being involved

• CIT will reduce the number of Officer related
  injuries
• CIT will reduce the number of physical
  confrontations with MH/ID consumers
• CIT will reduce the number of repeat calls with
  certain consumers

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Community Buy In

• Identify individuals in community that deal with
  MH/ID issues/consumers NAMI, Probation, Medical,
  Local Private MH/ID providers, Veterans
  Services, Community Help Programs, Housing
  Programs, Parent Groups, Consumer Groups,
  Universities/Schools, Public Service Providers
  (Library, Parks).

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Community Buy In

• Partner with those places and make them part of
  CIT program and identify how they can help with
  training and funding. Also identify what issues
  they are dealing with and how CIT can help.

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Community Buy In

• Meet with groups and organizations and prepare
  presentations on CIT to explain the program and
  what it can do for Consumers and Community.

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CIT TRAINING SCHEDULE AND DATA SHEET

• SEE HANDOUTS

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CENTRE COUNTY STATS

• In 2010, eight individuals received CIT training
  in Johnstown, PA
• January, 2011 21 trained
• June, 2011 21 trained
• January, 2012 23 trained
• June, 2012 18 trained
• TOTAL 91

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Of those trained

• 57 ARE POLICE OFFICERS
• 10 ARE 911 DISPATCH EMPLOYEES
• 9 ARE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS
• 6 ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
• 5 ARE PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS
• 13 ARE EMTS, HOSPITAL SECURITY PERSONNEL,
  STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND MAGISTERIAL
  DISTRICT JUDGES

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CIT DATA SHEETS ARE WORKING!

• 2011

• 2012

• 179 DATA SHEETS RECEIVED
• 52 REPORTED NO THREAT WAS OBSERVED
• 11 INVOLVED WEAPONS
• 2 RESULTED IN CONSUMER BEING ARRESTED
• 0 OF CIT TRAINED PERSONNEL WERE INJURED
• 50 WERE TAKEN TO ER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
  EVALUATION/ADMISSION
• 30 ALSO INVOLVED USE OF DRUGS/ALCOHOL
• 93 OF SHEETS WERE COMPLETED BY POLICE, OTHER 7
  WERE CORRECTIONS, PROBATION, DISPATCHERS AND
  EMTS
• 16 WERE PENN STATE STUDENTS
• 1 WERE FOR MINORS

• 87 DATA SHEETS RECEIVED
• 58 REPORTED NO THREAT WAS OBSERVED
• 12 INVOLVED WEAPONS
• 6 RESULTED IN CONSUMER BEING ARRESTED
• 0 OF CIT TRAINED PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN INJURED
• 34 WERE TAKEN TO ER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
  EVALUATION/ADMISSION
• 13 ALSO INVOLVED USE OF DRUGS/ALCOHOL
• 84 OF SHEETS WERE COMPLETED BY POLICE, OTHER 16
  WERE CORRECTIONS, DISPATCHERS AND MDJS
• 15 WERE PENN STATE STUDENTS
• 8 WERE FOR MINORS

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Significant Events

• 9/2011 Presented at the Annual NENA (National
  Emergency Number Association) Conference
• 12/2011 Presented at the Annual Forensic Rights
  and Treatment Conference
• 4/2012 CIT presence at the Annual Out of the
  Darkness Walk for suicide awareness
• 4/2012 Presented at county mental health agency
• 5/2012 Assisted Jefferson Co. with CIT
  De-escalation skills
• 5/2012 Presented two CIT Officer of the Year
  Awards

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Questions??
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Thank You!