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35 Behav. Sci. & L. 456 (2017)
Countywide implementation of crisis intervention teams: Multiple methods, measures and sustained outcomes

handle is hein.journals/bsclw35 and id is 456 raw text is: Received: 4 April 2017 1 Revised: 15 June 2017 1 Accepted: 18 June 2017 DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2305 WILEY SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Countywide implementation of crisis intervention teams: Multiple methods, measures and sustained outcomes Sheryl Kubiak Ph.D.1 I Erin Comartin Ph.D., L.M.S.W.2 I Edita Milanovic M.S.W.1 I Deborah Bybee1 I Elizabeth Tillander L.M.S.W.1 I Celeste Rabaut M.S.W.1 I Heidi Bisson1 I Lisa M. Dunn M.S.A.3 I Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard C.H.P.P.4 I Todd Hill M.I.S.4 I Steven Schneider M.S.A.4 'Michigan State University, MI, USA 2 Wane tat UnierstyDetritMIUSA The crisis intervention team (GIT) is a tool that can be Used to foster 2Wayne State University, Detroit, Ml, USA 3Oakland Community Health Network, pre-booking diversion of individuals with mental illness from the Pontiac, MI, USA criminal justice system and into community treatment services. 4Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Pontiac, MI, Although CIT is often implemented solely as the training of law USA enforcement officers, the modlel stipullates that CIT is a vehicle for Correspondence collaboration with community stakeholders who share a similar Sheryl Kubiak, Ph.D., Michigan State University, School of Social Work, 655 Auditorium Drive, Baker 254, East Lansing, MI 24 hour-seven days per week drop-off option for law enforcement 48824, USA. officers. This case study presents the countywide implementation Email: spk@msu.edu of CIT and expands previous findings on the prevalence of officer interaction with persons with mental health issies and CIT training outcomes, including changes in officer perception of indlividuals with mental health issu~es. Furthermore, analysis of the dlisposition of calls for officer assistance coded as mental health or- suicide founde significant increases in officer drop-offs to the mental health crisis center post-CIT training. Interaupted time series analysis determined that this change has been sustained over time, perhaps owing to the uniqlue commu1I~nication between county law enforce- ment and mental health staff. Implications for policy and practice are discu~ssed,. I I INTRODUCTION Over the last four decades, the deinstitutionalization of people with mental illness from psychiatric hospitals into their communities has coincided with increased contacts with the criminal justice system (Lamb & Weinberger, 2005). Local communities, and specifically law enforcement, were not equipped with the necessary training, resources, and 456 1 Copyright C© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. wileyonlinelibrary.com/iournal/bsl Behav Sci Low. 2017;35:456-469.

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