Video Defined Where is this video from? Crisis Team Intervention - - PDF document

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What do I do? Touring My Job

Minority Board Advisory Committee Kathryn Parlet LPCC LMFT

CIT International Certified Coordinator

Introduction: The Four

• About Me
• How I got this job
• The Big Five

−CIT −5150 −POST −Work Safety −Custody Officers

• Summary and how can we connect?

Who Am I?

• Where I’m from and how I got here

−Small town living −Valedictorian of around 400 students −Whitman College 3 years −Graduate School −Two Schizophrenic Roommates −A moment on the overpass at 2:00AM −Accidental County employment −Ph.D. dropout −Two licenses and CIT International Certified Trainer

My Experience

• President of the Asian Association at Whitman
• Washington State Penitentiary
• Valley Medical Center
• Jail
• Learning Partnership

− Hospital − Jail − Learning Partnership

Video

• Where is this video from?
• Crisis Team Intervention (CIT)
• An innovative first-responder model of police-

based crisis intervention with community, behavioral healthcare, and advocacy partnerships.

Defined

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CIT

• What is CIT
• Benefits of CIT
• 40 hours all week
• CIT feedback, love my job
• Video breaks
• Memphis Police Department 1988
• Lt. Sam Cochran
• Partnership of groups
• Every state now has CIT
• Free
• Africa and Europe

History of Crisis Team Intervention

Benefits of CIT

• Arrests and use of force decreased
• Officer’s injuries during crisis events have declined
• Patient violence and use of restraints in the ER has

decreased

• Officer recognition and appreciation by the community

has increased

• Less “victimless” crime arrests
• Decrease in liability for health care issues in the jail
• Cost savings

What happens in the Training?

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• MHAP (Mental Health Advocacy Project)
• Public Guardian’s Office
• SARC
• Jail
• Consumers
• Drug and Alcohol Services
• Veterans
• Alzheimer’s/Elderly

Experience the Bus Tour

• Crestwood
• Judge Manley
• Alzheimer's Association
• Reentry Center
• Morgan Center
• EPS
• NAMI
• Valley Fair

Who takes this class

• Trained over 775 Officers from everywhere

except the San Jose PD

• Corrections, US Marshalls, probation,

dispatchers, highway patrol, park rangers, judge, reverend, animal control

• Everyone on the Los Altos PD has been trained

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Video Part II

• First Contact

What did I do to prepare for this?

Find a place and get a bus Recruit Presenters Advertise Packets and sign in sheet Electronics checks Food and Coffee (The two stories of Peet’s) Attend CIT California and CIT International Monkey Survey

Culturally Informed Interventions

Articles

• http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/30/half-
• f-those-killed-by-san-francisco-police-are-

mentally-ill Christine Goias and Matt Chang hold a photo of Errol Chang, who was killed by Daly City SWAT officers in March 2014

More Lessons

• Patience
• Not personal
• Silence is not agreement, but can

be a sign of respect

• INTERACTIVE VIDEO

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CIT Feedback

• From: Lee, Penny C. (Ranger) [mailto:Penny.C.Lee@sanjoseca.gov]

Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 3:58 PM To: Christine Torrez Subject: RE: Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Sept. 16 - 20, 2013 - Mt. View. CA Confirmation

• Hi Kathryn, and all; Just wanted to say thank you

for all the training. We had a man walk into our lake over the weekend, (he wanted to commit suicide) and our training came in handy. Also with the homeless you get a positive reaction when you ask how can I help you? So thanks sweet aloha Park Ranger Lee 12/18/2013

Survey Monkey Feedback

• Having attended this training, I feel it is a

training that should be mandatory for everyone in law enforcement. I would even be open to attending a second time, it was that good! IT IS BY FAR THE BEST AND MOST BENEFICIAL TRAINING I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!

• 5/28/2014 9:18 AM View respondent's answers

More CIT Feedback

• The providers for the class were experienced and

possessed the knowledge to teach. The tours of the facilities wrapped up what we learned and allowed us to observe what we learned. I learned a lot about things I thought I understood but didn't. I was very impressed with the facility we trained at. Palo Alto Lions club. 5/27/2014 3:12 PM

5150

• This is my signature training
• Five trainings per year
• Scoring tests, informing those who did not pass
• Liaison with MHAP
• Keeping up with Current Laws
• Answering questions
• What is the card process?

5 The Ear Example

Video Part III

• Making Connections

POST

• What is POST?
• What does it cover?
• What is it like to instruct this class?

Work Safety

• Four times per year
• Partnership with Law Enforcement
• Star Wars

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Feedback From the Mini- Con (San Jose Library)

Location of Handouts and additional Information

Google: County of Santa Clara 5150 Click on the first link

Things I have added to the job

• CIT Awards with BOS
• Attend Officer Graduation
• Managing all 5150 card related activities:

applications, cards, emails

• 5150 Committee
• Training of 600 Custody Officers
• Trained the Board of Supervisor Aids
• EMQ oversight Committee

If we have time

• My Blog
• Suicide Research

Questions & Comments