Police must get Seri and how they respond apparently to a growing problem in the treatment of people with mental illness.
I posted about your problem in the past.
This is what Michael Koval had to say:
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Madison Police Department recognized as a national leader in the provision of police services for people with mental illness
"The Police Department of Madison has to improve an ongoing commitment to partnerships with mental health professionals, lawyers and consumers in an effort services for people with mental illness. National recognized uses by the Department of Mental Health Liaison Program as a first response patrol trained welcomed 21 Jurors links, the services for the management and coordination of specialist in working with mental health providers events. recently, the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG Justice Center), with assistance from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), has the Madison Police Department selected for intensive mental project involved newly developed technical assistance in law enforcement.
"And as specialist intervention (SPR) of the police through its pages Mental Health Project page right and learning-learning application was recognized as a model program, the Justice Center decided CSG police Madison latter project based on the strength of our program and partnerships with mental health providers, mental health center as the existing route. This unique opportunity also distinguishes the Madison Police Department as a national leader in the delivery of police services to people with mental illness.
"While Madison has a global association of criminal justice and mental health an established history of interagency collaboration, we believe that the current valuation of potential improvements to our current system will lead to better outcomes for people with Medicare Mental target our community., This project is to improve the overall operation of the criminal justice and mental health organizations increasing deflection of the criminal justice system and reducing the relapse rate in patients with mental illness. draft 18 months to identify new strategies and programs to respond persons with mental diseases implement the proposed changes and to evaluate their effectiveness to increase diversion and recidivism reduce.
"By continuing to expand the collection and analysis of data, better sharing of information, collaboration and case management support, the project is to meet for the law enforcement and mental health information needed responsible agencies provide effective responses to develop people with mental illness.
"Based on the experience of 10 years in close collaboration with behavioral health organizations of the criminal justice system throughout the country, believes that the CSG Justice Center that many will benefit from an approach that process and review policy and practice together to ensure that resources are used effectively to meet individual incidents and at the same time strengthening the cooperation of the entire system. lessons from this project is the development of guidance tools for policy makers and practitioners informed throughout the country.
"We are honored to have been selected for this project and are pleased at local and national level in order to improve every effort services for people with mental illness, help."
For more information on this project, the implementation of the project sites of the mental health literacy of the law and mental link our program, follow the links below or by contacting the Roman captain Kristen kroman @ cityofmadison. com. [9th September 2014]
For more information about Madison response to mental illness in the community CLICK HERE.