This assessment is the Monitoring Team’s first comprehensive evaluation of BPD’s crisis intervention program. A critical component of the assessment was the review of a randomly selected, statistically significant sample of behavioral health incidents from 2022 in which a Behavioral Health Form was completed. Specifically, the Monitoring Team evaluated whether BPD officers de-escalated crises and reduced the unnecessary use of force; minimized arrests; improved the safety of patrol officers, individuals with behavioral health disabilities or in crisis and their families, and others within the City’s behavioral health crisis system; and reduced the inappropriate involvement of individuals with behavioral health disabilities with the criminal justice system. The Monitoring Team also evaluated whether CIT officers at the incident took primary responsibility, or if a supervisor took responsibility instead, whether the supervisor sought input from the CIT officer.
The full Assessment can be found here.
