Police in mental Health Jaimie Sipes St. Paul, Police

911 First to be called

Amber

State Law on mental health evaluation

Danger to them self and others

We are involved in the use of force or deadly force encounters.

Why the police

Does reform let to more repression

Customer service

Jamie Spies

Right and responsibility

Should we change how we are doing our business

Laws are up to interpretation

Imminent take them to a mental health facility for evaluation

Assessment

Minnesota Statutes 2016

1200 Cases 72% out home placement

Suicidal

Expert at the crisis call

Suicidal ideation

Safety plan

We are the first to be called

2006 4400

2016 

12300

De-stigmatized mental illness

Crisis intervention team

Officer wellness

Clancy the cop

To the Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

Screaming to themselves

Other conduct

Criminal offense occurred

Stabilization

Crisis

Research assess

Mental held resources 

Make recommendations to community

Jill and Sue

Competent language

Insult people

EDP-Emotionally Disturbed persons

Liaisons

Positive

CPC

Respond

Medication imbalance

Medication didn’t work

Need to be in a hospital

Officers are trained to respond what is in front of them

Access to document in report

This person is an EDP

Sipes

Pilot Project

Staff Study

Addendum to staff project

Mental Health unit

Independent stand alone unit 3 officers

Plain clothes with a Police vest

Concentrating on out reach 

Unmarked vehicles

Goals needs and expectations of community

Multiple times

Traditional response does not meet the needs

Arrests

Reduce the stigma of mental health

NAMI walk

Minnehaha 

About the community

How do we work together

Amber Ruth first embedded Social Worker 

Other services

Changed response

Case management 

After care 

Occurs after the immediate crisis

After care

Relationship building

Co-Responder Program

Licensed clinical social worker

Allows for an immediate response

Community based resources

Future of MH Programming

24 hour social workers training 

Yes how do we expand this

HIPP

Unhorsed Person

Crisis bed

Living in their car

2016 12,000 situations without tools

Turkey in crisis

Rotation

Police Chief 

Will the policies change? 

Good programming

Change

House and days 

Social workers are available

Thank you grass roots reforms

Homelessness

Lived experience

Selection process

Shortage of crisis beds

Dropped off at Anoka

Crimination

State Hospital

Intersectionality

Stories

Respect

Bags of rice in a freezer

CIT

Academy

Hand on Taser

Styles words 

Resting my hand on my gun

Conscious about body language

Jamie.sipes@ci.stpaul.mn.us

651-444-0700

Jamie Sipes

Mental Health Program Coordinator

Sheriffs’s Office complaint processs

Statistics don’t lie statisticians do

Witness protection program

White police Officer

41% suicide rate is up

Impacts on lives

Not about the police department it is about community

Focus on solutions

Jill Wiedeman -West