1. 2018 CIT, International Annual Conference
Data Collection
2018 CIT, International Annual Conference

2. Learning Objectives
- Best Practices on Data Collection - Lenexa, Kansas Police Department’s Data Collection Journey

3. You Only Know What You Track
Lenexa Police Data Calls with a Mental Illness Component Total Officer Hours on the Call Jail or JIAC 1 42

4. Lenexa PD Data Calls with a Mental Illness Component
Average Officer Hours per Call
Involved Jo Co Mental Health
Involved Rainbow Services, Inc.
Total Officer Hours Transporting
NTA’s to City Court
Suicide
Co-Responder Follow Ups
Number of CIT Trained
UOF’s
Total Officer Hours on Call
Total Officers Involved
Involved Other Mental Health Professional
Transported to Hospital / Facility
Incidents w/o Follow Up
Jail or JIAC
Involuntary Committals
Substance Abuse (Alcohol/Drug/Both)

5. Where’s the Data Comes From
Records Management System (RMS)
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
Justice Information Management System (JIMS)
Good Ole Fashion Bean Counting

6. What Qualifies as a “Mental Health Component”

7. Small Change Can Make a Big Difference

9. Best Practices on Data Collection
Align Data Collection with Program Goals
Improve officer confidence in responding to CIT calls (measure effectiveness of CIT training)
Improve officer and consumer safety (measure use of force, injury rates)
Redirect individuals with mental illness from the judicial system to the health care system (measure disposition of calls)
Consider Data Sources
Paper/Digital/Shared Sources

10. CIT Response to Mental Health CFS
Breaking it Down
CIT Training
Overall CFS
Mental Health CFS
CIT Response to Mental Health CFS

11. Basic Data Points Basic 40 Hour CIT Participation
#/Percentage of sworn personnel
#/Percentage of civilian personnel (telecommunications, animal control, etc.)
#/Percentage EMS/Fire/Jail
Other
Advanced CIT Training Participation
Youth, Veterans, Refresher’s, Train-the-Trainer, etc.

12. Basic Data: Calls for Service (CFS)
Overall CFS-all calls
Of the overall CFS, how many were Mental Health Calls
Identified upon dispatch
encounters dispatched as another call that ends up as a mental health call
Officer’s self initiated contacts that involve a mental illness
Of the Mental Health Calls, how many were responded to by CIT Officers
Number of mental health calls and encounters responded to by CIT-trained officers
Number of mental health calls and encounters responded to by non-CIT officers

13. Intermediate Data Points (in addition to Basic)
Disposition of the call
Use of Force - Decrease Use of Force and Injury rates (person living with mental illness and officers)
Note—Use of force data may show CIT officers using as much or more force than other officers --as they may be dispatched to, or are requested by other officers on the higher risk calls. 

14. Disposition of CIT CFS 1 2 3 4 Resolved on scene
Voluntary transport to treatment (including warm hand-offs to mental health services that arrive on scene) 3
Involuntary transport to treatment 4
Arrest
Disposition of CIT CFS

15. Advanced Data Points-in addition to basic and intermediate
Did encounters include use of a weapon by person in crisis?  If so, what kind (knife, gun, other)?
Did the encounter include an attempt to hurt oneself? Others?
Did the encounter include evidence of substance use (drugs/alcohol)?
Did Law Enforcement notify a Case Manager or Mental Health Center?
Is the individual a repeat LE involved consumer (high frequency utilizer)?
Length of time on the call?
Location -type of location as well as actual.  This will allow agencies to identify patterns and develop strategies to address (ex: if a certain transit hub is high volume- or if most are residential).  This can also inform training.  
Was the consumer a youth, adult or senior citizen?
Consumer feedback

16. Captain Wade Borchers Lenexa, Kansas Police Department (913)825-8035 wborchers@lenexa.com