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The agency was facing an officer shortage so wanted to try an alternative way to deal with mental health crisis calls to ultimately free up officer time.Mobile units run outside of a law enforcement agency where social workers respond to crisis calls without law enforcement officers.īloomington PD decided to go with a fully embedded model for several reasons:.Co-responder models where a law enforcement agency may contract with an outside provider of mental health services to respond with the police officer and the law enforcement agency pays per billable hour.A fully embedded social worker program where social workers work within the police department, respond with LEOs to calls and are paid out of the police department budget.Melissa outlined the three main types of programs: There are many different types of mental health outreach programs currently in operation in the United States. Having an embedded social worker they are familiar with makes it easier for them to reach out to that person for help with their problems." – Chief Michael Diekhoff Social worker response models "An officer struggling with mental health can find that to be stigmatizing. "This is one of those changes in policing we will continue to see grow because of the national attention around police response to mental crisis calls." – Chief Michael Diekhoff "People are surprised that the police department is following up on death calls, which is good for community connections." – Melissa Stone "Programs all across the country show having social workers is reducing call volume." – Melissa Stone During a session at the 129th International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, BPD’s Chief of Police Michael Diekhoff and senior social worker Melissa Stone, MSW, LSW, discussed the benefits of their embedded social worker program.
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