The City of Oklahoma City will transmit this information as follows:
To ensure best practices are used during encounters between police and residents experiencing a mental health crisis, a Crisis Intervention Advisory Group (CIAG) was established. The CIAG began meeting quarterly.
“We created this group to ensure the city responds compassionately and humanely to people experiencing mental health crises,” said Andrea Grayson, OKC Public Safety Partnership Implementation Manager. We have formed a.” “This group will help select and monitor a provider who will develop and operate a mobile behavioral health alternative response team. This provider will work with the city’s public safety department to respond to low-risk, non-violent calls. ”
The creation of CIAG was the 11th of 39 recommendations outlined in a report submitted to City Council in 2022 to modernize police departments in the areas of de-escalation and crisis intervention.
“Oklahoma City’s public safety agencies play a critical role in the community’s response to people experiencing a behavioral health crisis,” said Jessica Hawkins, CIAG lead facilitator and director of community and systems initiatives for the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative. “Effectively responding to these crises requires multiple partners working together. By aligning resources across departments, Oklahoma City can ensure more people receive treatment when and where they need it.”
CIAG’s goals include:
- Connect with the health care providers best suited to care for people with mental and behavioral health issues.
- Provide guidance on establishing and operating the City’s Crisis Response Team to respond to high-urgency mental health service calls.
- Provides guidance to cities on the selection of qualified providers responsible for developing alternative response teams to respond to non-emergency mental health service requests.
- Identify key metrics to monitor the city’s crisis response system by collecting and reviewing data and reporting results.
- Monitor and review the number and percentage of crisis intervention trained police officers and crisis intervention team members.
This advisory group is comprised of mental and behavioral health professionals, social service providers, clinicians, community advocates, academics, other law enforcement subject matter experts, and other stakeholders in the mental health field. I am.
CIAG members include:
James Bridwell, LCSW, MPA
Director of Integrated Services
Red Rock Behavioral Health Services
Dr. Amy Cataldi
Dean.professor of psychology
oklahoma city university
Jonah Easley
Representative Director and President
Emergency Medical Services Administration (EMSA)
Kim Faris
Director of Behavioral Health
OKC Indian Clinic
Larry Ford, DBH
CEO
A Hand to Guide You Behavioral Health Services
verna faust
CEO
red rock behavioral health
Adam N. Griffith
911 Director of Communications
Oklahoma City Police Department
jessica hawkins
Director of Community & Systems Initiatives
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative
Heather Helberg
CEO
Hope Community Services
Rachel Hollis
Interpreter for the hearing impaired
Sign Language Resource Service Co., Ltd.
Lieutenant Vanessa Hurd
Crisis Intervention Team Commander
Oklahoma City Police Department
nicole johnson
clinical director
211 Heartline Co., Ltd.
Frances Carthy
Greater OKC Board Chair
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Kelly Kipgen
owner
Kelly Kipgen, PLLC
nadine lewis
Peer Support Specialist
National Alliance on Mental Illness
kimley mcginnis
clinical services director
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
joshua miner
Assistant city councilor
oklahoma city city
Sanaria Okongole, LPC
Behavioral Health Manager
complete health status of oklahoma
Founder of Colored Clinicians of Oklahoma
Salvador Hontiveros
president
Latino Community Development Authority
Britta K. Ostermeyer, MD, MBA, DFAPA
Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief of Psychiatry, OU Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
larry phillips
program manager
SSM Behavioral Health
caitlin richie
program director
spero project
daniel smith
Clinical CCBHC Director
Hope Community Services Co., Ltd.
Dr. Selina Smith
owner
REAL Liberation Consulting Service
Randy Tate
CEO
north care
Tony Stelter
Director of Statewide Crisis Services
ODMHSAS
Deputy Chief Mike Walker
Mobile Integrated Healthcare
Oklahoma City Fire Department
caitlin wilkinson
project director
north care champions
About OKC Public Safety Partnership
The OKC Public Safety Partnership is an ongoing effort to strengthen and improve the OKC Police Department’s de-escalation, community engagement, and accountability policies.
This partnership, in collaboration with Oklahoma City City Council members, city leaders, OKCPD leadership, subject matter experts, community members, and other stakeholders, is included in a report submitted to the City Council in March 2022.39 We are working to implement the recommendations.
OKC residents can visit the OKC Public Safety Partnership website (okc.gov/government/okc-public-safety-partnership) to learn more about the 39 recommendations made by the Law Enforcement Policy Task Force and Community Policing Working Group. You can track your progress.
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