Detroit is the most populous city in Michigan and the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border with a population of about 640,000.
Detroit Police Department (DPP) seeks to improve its response to those in mental health crisis in partnership with the Detroit-Wayne Integrated Health Network. First piloted in Detroit’s Downtown area beginning in 2020, with the support of grant funding, the Detroit Co-Response Partnership aims to provide this service City-wide by the end of 2023. Cohort 2021.
Program Goals
With funding from the grant, Detroit’s Co-Response Partnership takes a three-pronged intervention approach to addressing mental health crises. The Partnership intends to implement the following:
- Coordination of the services of a Crisis Intervention Team
- Integrated Response system at Detroit’s 911 Call Center
- Collaboration with Detroit Homeless Outreach Team (DHOT) to effectively address the needs of individuals in crisis
Key Partnership Organizations
Detroit-Wayne Integrated Health Network
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They’re trained specifically on Crisis Intervention Team… A lot of the members who are now serving in that capacity, who have gone through the training, are very excited. It gives us an added tool, if you will, in our tool belt. (CLICK ON Detroit)
Captain Leonard-Gilbert
Detroit Police Department