Loveland Police Department Crisis Intervention Team

Quick Facts:

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
Loveland Police Department
Approximate number of officers in agency:
94
Primary specialized response:
Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
Program start year:
2005 or earlier
Total number of officers in program:
19

Loveland Police Department Crisis Intervention Team

Contact:

Name:
Tim Brown
Title:
Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator
Organization:
Loveland Police Department
Address:
810 East Tenth Street
Loveland, CO
Email:
Brownt@ci.loveland.co.us
Phone:
(970) 962-2214

Agency Information

Name of coordinating law enforcement agency:
Loveland Police Department
Type of government that operates law enforcement agency:
Township
Approximate number of officers in agency:
94

Specialized Response Description

Program start year:
2005 or earlier
Primary specialized response:
Police officers are trained to provide crisis intervention services and to act as liaisons to the mental health system.
Secondary specialized response:
Mental health professionals partner with law enforcement officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention and referral.
Background information:
Program began with CIT training in October, 2004. Policy then developed and continues to transition into operation progressively.
Total number of officers in program:
19
Number of people with mental illness served:
51-100
Catchment area:
The entire jurisdiction
Funding source(s):
  • Police Department
  • Community Mental Health Service Provider
    • Staff supported by funding:
  • Law Enforcement Officer

    • Program Partners and Personnel

    Existence of planning and oversight committee:
    Yes, currently
    Committee participants:
  • Law enforcement line-level staff
  • Law enforcement supervisory-level staff
  • Law enforcement leadership
  • Mental health (and/or substance abuse) line-level staff
  • Mental health (and/or substance abuse) supervisory-level staff
  • Family members of consumers
  • Advocates
    • Mental health or advocacy agencies that participate in program:
    Larimer Center for Mental health
    Written agreement of roles and procedures:
    No
    Recruitment and selection:
    Officers volunteer and some are selected.
    Program coordinator/boundary spanner
    Yes. The program coordinator represents a law enforcement agency
    SAME

    Training on Mental Health Issues

    Types of training on mental health issues:
  • Pre-service training for new recruits at the academy
  • 8 hours
  • Basic in-service training for all patrol officers
  • 4 hours per year
  • Advanced in-service training for select patrol officers
  • 40 hours
    • 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
    • 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:
    Not Sure
    Dispatch documentation:
  • Document in central computer database used for all calls, such as a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system
    • Incident documentation by responding officer:
  • Record information on a form used only for mental health calls
  • Record information in an arrest report
    • Use of information on individuals' mental illness stored in police records:
    ONLY applied to Mental Health holds - other information is redacted from records.
    Mental health professional available to support police responder:
  • 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:
    Policy guides Officers to generally handcuff but exceptions may be overridden on case by case basis.
    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?
    No
    Location of drop-off center(s):
  • General hospital emergency room
    • Length of time for drop-off and return to patrol:
    31-45 minutes

    Program Sustainability

    Data collection:
    Yes
    Published evaluation:
    No
    Local media coverage:
    Loveland Reporter Herald Loveland, CO 80537
    Legislative funding or support:
    CRCPI State Office
    Key to the program's success:
    State provides some statistical assessment of State wide operation of CIT
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