Santa Clara County Grand Jury
• 2017-2018
• Agency Response
Response to:
2017 Update from the City of Mountain View
City of Mountain View*
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
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The County's AB 71-required criminal justice reporting surpasses that of many nationwide. However, the presence of mental illness in a given incident report is not mandated by AB 71. Reporting this data would assist law enforcement agencies in understanding the relationship between mental illness and officer-involved shootings and help in revising their training programs. The City of Mountain View agrees with this finding. The Police City Response: Department has been collecting this data since 2016 if the police report narrative mentions mental health factors in a use-of-force case. Training and policy updates will formalize this process, directing Officers to include mental health factors on all use of force cases.
Related Recommendations (1)
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Law enforcement agencies submitting AB 71-required data should report, to the extent possible, whether mental illness was involved in their use-of-force data, starting in 2019.
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The Grand Jury found that training in crisis intervention and deescalation techniques beyond what is included in the POST Basic Police Academy helps improve the outcome of law enforcement contacts with the mentally ill. City Response: The City of Mountain View agrees with this finding. Topics such as tactical communication, deescalation, and mental health training and awareness have been, and continue to be training topics in the Police Department training calendar. -1-
Related Recommendations (5)
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The law enforcement agencies of Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office should prepare a plan to ensure that all their officers receive POST-approved Crisis Intervention Training and Deescalation technique training, beyond the training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by the end of calendar 2018.
R2B
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The law enforcement agencies of Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and Santa Clara County should provide funding for their law enforcement agencies to complete POST-approved Crisis Intervention Training and Deescalation technique training, beyond the training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by June 30, 2019. The City of Mountain View agrees. Police Department staff will
R2C
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The following law enforcement agencies should execute their plan to ensure that all officers receive POST-approved Crisis Intervention Training and Deescalation technique training, beyond training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by June 30, 2020: Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.
R2D
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The following law enforcement agencies should include Crisis Intervention Training and Deescalation technique training in their Continuing Professional Perishable Skills and Communications training: Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, and the following law enforcement agencies: Campbell, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and Santa Clara.
R2E
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The law enforcement agencies in the cities of Gilroy, Milpitas and Mountain View should expand their Crisis Intervention Training and Deescalation technique training to include all of their officers, not just their Field Training Officers. <u>City Response</u>: The City of Mountain View agrees and notes that the Police Department already expands crisis intervention training and deescalation technique training to all Officers and Dispatchers. To date, 33 sworn Officers and 7 Dispatchers have taken said training beyond what is mandated for Field Training Officers. MP/2/POL 189-06-21-18L-E -3-
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