Score: +3 (3/2/0)

Humboldt County Grand Jury • 2015-2016

Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Police Training Report Guardians Before Warriors: Humboldt County Law Enforcement

Published: June 20, 2016 9 pages

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Findings and Recommendations 4 findings

The four-day CIT program takes officers out of the field for a significant period of time and may leave smaller agencies too short-staffed to be effective in their communities.

Related Recommendations (1)

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends that County law enforcement agencies work with mental illness stakeholders (clients, families and advocates) and the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services to create and offer consistent, comprehensive, relevant and culturally-sensitive crisis intervention and de-escalation training program. F1, F2

Repeated turnover of staff within the Mental Health Branch of the Department of Health and Human Services has negatively impacted their ability to offer the local CIT program.

Related Recommendations (1)

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends that all County crisis intervention and de-escalation training programs be available to all Sheriff’s Office and municipal police department dispatchers Countywide. F3 8

In crisis situations, public safety may rest on first contact with dispatchers, yet the recently enacted California Senate Bill 11 standardizing de-escalation/mental illness training for law enforcement personnel does not include the training of dispatchers.

Related Recommendations (1)

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends that some continuing education course on interactions with persons with mental, behavioral, substance use or intellectual disabilities be offered regularly for every dispatcher and every law enforcement officer who is assigned to patrol duties or who supervise patrol officers in the County. F1, F2, F3, F4

The Eureka Police Department is to be commended for taking the initiative in designing the new De-escalation Intervention Response Training (DIRT).

Related Recommendations (1)

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury recommends that the Eureka Police Department present the De-escalation Intervention Response Training program to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training when the program is ready to be implemented. F3, F4

Agency Responses 3

Government agencies' official responses to this report's findings and recommendations. Click on a response to see the structured breakdown.

Police Training - Response - DHHS Mental Health Dept

June 30, 2016 • 2 pages • 3 responses • Score: 0 (+0, 2, 0) View Details ▾

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3 responses to findings and recommendations

The four-day CIT program takes officers out of the field for a significant period of time and may leave smaller agencies too short-staffed to be effective in their communities.

Response: Disagree Partially Score: 0

partially disagree with the findings numbered: F1 • We agree with the findings numbered: F2 RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation numbered R1 is currently in the process of being implemented.

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

R1 is currently in the process of being implemented.

Repeated turnover of staff within the Mental Health Branch of the Department of Health and Human Services has negatively impacted their ability to offer the local CIT program.

Response: Disagree Partially Score: 0

Police Training - Response - HCSO

July 26, 2016 • 1 pages • 8 responses • Score: +2 (+2, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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8 responses to findings and recommendations

The four-day CIT program takes officers out of the field for a significant period of time and may leave smaller agencies too short-staffed to be effective in their communities.

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: within a short period of time Score: +1

Training in the area of culturally-sensitive intervention and de-escalation training will be implemented when all county agencies are prepared to move forward in a unified manner. I believe we are close to implementation and hope to have this solidified within a short period of time.

Repeated turnover of staff within the Mental Health Branch of the Department of Health and Human Services has negatively impacted their ability to offer the local CIT program.

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: within a short period of time Score: +1

My response to this recommendation is referred to in recommendation R1.

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

I agree with this recommendation and our office continues to seek any and all training opportunities as referred to in this recommendation.

The Eureka Police Department is to be commended for taking the initiative in designing the new De-escalation Intervention Response Training (DIRT).

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

Police Training - Response - State of California

July 18, 2016 • 1 pages • 8 responses • Score: +1 (+1, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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8 responses to findings and recommendations

The four-day CIT program takes officers out of the field for a significant period of time and may leave smaller agencies too short-staffed to be effective in their communities.

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

Repeated turnover of staff within the Mental Health Branch of the Department of Health and Human Services has negatively impacted their ability to offer the local CIT program.

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

The Eureka Police Department is to be commended for taking the initiative in designing the new De-escalation Intervention Response Training (DIRT).

Response: Unknown Score: 0

Response: Will Implement

Scheduled: within the next few weeks Score: +1

The POST regional consultant will be happy to work with the Eureka Police Department to review their de-escalation training course and the requirements for course certification. We will ensure that the consultant contacts them within the next few weeks to ascertain if there is anything POST can do to help expedite the certification of this training for the Humboldt County.

No Responses Found 8

Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.

Arcata City

County of Humboldt Agency

Eureka City

Ferndale City

Fortuna City

Humboldt County Sheriff Elected County Office

Rio Dell City

Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt Court