HomeMy WebLinkAboutCitizen Review Board - Minutes - 05/12/2021CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD (CRB)
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 5:30
p.m. Meeting held on Zoom.
1.CALL TO ORDER – Aaron Rodriguez – 5:34pm
2.ROLL CALL
a.Present: Aaron Rodriguez, Melissa Rosas, Elizabeth Grant, Shamera Loose,
Todd Newhouse, Cassandra Moore, Mark Partridge (by phone)
b.Board Members Absent: none
c.Staff Members Present: Adam McCambridge (FCPS), Adam Ruehlen
(FCPS), Annie Hill (FCPS), Chris Bland (FCPS), Leslie Craig
(FCPS/UCHealth), David Pearson (FCPS), Dan Dworkin (FCPS), Christine
Macrina
d.Guests: Richard Ballard, Sady Swanson (Coloradoan)
3.AGENDA REVIEW
CRB chairperson has consulted on 079-2020
4.CITIZEN PARTICIPATION - none
5.APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a.April 14, 2021 Regular Meeting
Other business A: change “thumb” to “drive”
New business Item 7: Should be Adam Ruehlen both
Motion to approve with both corrections by Shamera, second from Aaron,
approved Unanimously
6.UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7.NEW BUSINESS
a.Voicemail: none
b.E-mail: 2-
1)R Ballard
-Adam Ruehlen: case is still ongoing and has not reached the point of review.
Was initially finished and sent back to Sergeant Heaton for documentation.
-Aaron Once internal investigation is completed the CRB will receive the case
and then will follow through CRB process and report to the board and Fort
Collins Police Services.
2)R Harmon
-Adam McCambridge: case was reviewed in August 2020 and was determined
to be a personal matter not involving an employee, FCPS is continuing to treat
as such.
- Aaron: according to bylaws, it does not appear to be reviewable by CRB, has
replied to R Harmon but has not received a response in return.
- Melissa: Clarifying that the email was intended to make CRB aware of incident
8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
9. OTHER BUSINESS
a. FCPS Mental Health Response Team Update by Officer Annie Hill and UC
Health Behavioral Health Clinical Co-Responder Leslie Craig, Dan Dworkin,
FCPS Internal Psychology
Topics included:
1) Introductions
a. Leslie Craig, LCSW
b. Officer Annie Hill, BS, CIT, CAC, Registered Psychotherapist
c. Officer Chris Bland, BS, CIT
d. Dr. Dan Dworkin
i. FCPS has mental health within department for years, 19 years of
inner-agency collaboration to assist with individuals who have
history with multiple agencies
ii. FCPS has sent officers to CIT training for 13 years, Crisis
Intervention Training, team is building from one person to four
currently and continues to grow.
e. Mental Health Response Team (MHRT)
i. CIT Certified Officers – Chris Bland (CIT Director) Annie Hill (Coach)
2) Overview
a. Mission
b. Vision
c. Program Goals
i. Not just always bringing people to the ER, goal is long-term care
ii. With co-existing conditions or situations
iii. If scene is safe, SummitStone is also called to assist
3) Services Provided
a. Acute Services, officers with mental health professionals help to
screen calls
b. Prevention & Engagement Services
i. Familiar Faces Program
ii. Community Partnerships
c. Other Duties and Responsibilities
i. Training
ii. Wellness Court
iii. Interagency Group
iv. DA’s Office
v. Detective Consults
vi. Process Efficiency
4) Availability
a. Sun-Wed
b. Wed-Sat
c. Mon-Thurs
d. Looking to expand this team
5) To Access MHRT
a. Emergencies: Call 9-1-1, explain the situation fully to dispatch and they
will dispatch the appropriate resources
b. Can request MHRT or CIT
c. MHRT always listens for calls and can join without being requested, can
respond if there are mental health indicators that are not directly
requested
6) QUESTIONS:
7) Elizabeth: Do you support any additional cities?
i. Annie: Only Fort Collins, Sheriff’s Department has four teams that can be
used for county jurisdiction
8) Shamera: How often do agencies collaborate to discuss?
i. Chris: once per month with all agencies, but there is contact in between
and ongoing and issues are discussed between agencies as needed
9) Melissa: One a suicidal subject (person), someone who need direct
intervention, agencies in past have sent out “hostage intervention team”.
How are those situations handled now? Is this team the ones who respond
to that situation?
i. Chris: Depends on the safety risk to the citizens and officers and
hospitals. MHRT does handle these as often as possible, hostage
negotiators are more trained in phone response, but with a mental health
professionals on this team, they are the first to go out. A lot is dependent
on the situation and the safety concerns involved.
10) Annie: it would be a team effort, very situational, depends on the person at
risk as well
i. MHRT: Sometimes people respond better to a person out of uniform and if
that is the case, the MHRT would respond over uniformed officers
11) Shamera: homelessness most common, Substance use is most common
i. Chris: many of homeless population have co-occurring substance abuse
and/or mental illness, permeates through all socio-economic, all sides of
town
ii. Dr. Dan: one thing that is surprising that all factors are broad across the
spectrum. Homeless population do have the most co-occurring struggles.
It’s also very often that mental health is involved in other calls. Officers
use a code to specific additional mental health issues in calls. This code
ranked 3rd overall, mental health is embedded in many circumstances and
knowing this allows for a more appropriate response from emergency
services.
iii. Chris: recognizing this allows officers to provide the best response and
when it’s applicable for MHRT to join, it means that they can spend the
time needed to really help with the issues
12) Melissa: Are there enough resources available to folks who do not have
employment and insurance. What is available long-term.
i. MHRT: always looking at long term, to see what other referrals (Medicaid,
etc) can be activated to help with long-term coverage. Open agency
communication has helped to coordinate care.
ii. Chris: a lot of good resources here, but there will never really be enough;
inpatient mental health is a big need in the community
13) Annie: works closely with Murphy Center to help homeless folks obtain
case management
i. Dr. Dan: Outreach Fort Collins helps. Many folks do not want help, there is
addiction, mental illness, and denial and some deny help. 10-15% refuse
services or don’t complete services and make poor decisions about their
own health
10. ADJOURNMENT
Motion from Aaron, Second from Melissa, Unanimous – 6:34pm