The Savannah-Chatham BOE Police Department is responsible for a jurisdiction that covers 632 square miles, 55 schools and 37,000 students while employing 73 sworn officers, 32 non-sworn officers, 69 crossing guard and 10 civilian employees. The Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education aspires to enhance crisis intervention by proposing comprehensive Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for […]

Putnam County is in the Hudson Valley region of New York with a population of 97,668. Putnam County proposes to pioneer a transformative collaboration between the County Department of Mental Health, Social Services, and Youth Bureau to support individuals in crisis. Through this initiative, a Police and Mental Health Co-Response Team aims to be established and […]

Orem is a city in Utah County in the northern part of the state approximately 45 miles south of Salt Lake City with a population of 98,129. The City of Orem aspires to establish a full-time mental health advocate position that aims to tackle the escalating mental health challenges within Orem’s community and beyond. The mental health […]

Milwaukee County is located in the state of Wisconsin in the most populous county in the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 939,489. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office strives to bolster its CIT Crisis Assessment Response Team (CART) program. These specialized teams consist of a deputy sheriff paired with a mental health […]

Miami-Dade County is in the southeastern part of Florida with a population of 2,701,767, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. The Miami-Dade Police Department, representing Miami-Dade County, seeks to bolster and replicate the nationwide initiatives for crisis response evolution. This endeavor involves integrating licensed clinicians into […]

Methuen is a 23-square-mile city in Essex County with a population of 53,059.  The Methuen Police Department (MPD) and Front Line Services plan to embark on a collaborative effort to establish a crisis intervention team. Recognizing the imperative need to divert behavioral calls for service away from emergency rooms and the criminal justice system, MPD and Front […]

Mercer County is located in southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the state with a population of approximately 60,000 people. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department plans to continue its partnership with the Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center, Sheriff’s Departments/Municipalities in surrounding counties, and the Thomas Jefferson Area CIT team by collaborating to […]

Maricopa, in the south-central part of Arizona, is the fourth-most populus county in the United States with a population of 4,420,568. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and its primary partner, EMPACT Suicide Prevention Center (EMPACT-SPC), seeks to increase public safety and enhance the quality of life of persons with behavioral health needs by expanding and […]

Lower Providence Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, is located approximately 17 miles northwest of Philadelphia with a population was 25,625. Like many communities, the Lower Providence Township Police Department (LPTPD) is experiencing an increase in the number of calls for service they receive to assist individuals in crisis. The department seeks to expand the social services liaison position to […]

Lincoln is the state capital of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County with a population of 292,657.   The Lincoln Police Department (LPD) intends to implement a co-responder program. The goal of the program is to improve the outcomes of community members in crisis by decreasing escalation with effective crisis de-escalation, interventions, and connection to appropriate behavioral health services. Center Pointe […]