MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
SUBJECT:
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Approval of a Contract for the Mental Health Field Response Teams Program Grant Awarded by Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) and the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC), for the Grant Period of July 2020 to June 2021
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement between the City of Redmond and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) for the renewal of the Mental Health Field Response Teams (MHFRT) Program Grant. On March 3, 2020, Council approved the contract for the grant period July 2019 to June 2020. Council is now being asked to approve the contract for the grant period July 2020 to June 2021.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Darrell Lowe, Chief of Police 425-556-2529
Ron Harding, Administrative Captain 425-556-2589
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
In 2018 the Redmond Police Department (RPD) was one of seven law enforcement agencies in the State of Washington to be awarded the Mental Health Field Response Team grant from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). This award allowed RPD to contract with IKRON of greater Seattle to hire a licensed Mental Health Professional (MHP) to co-respond with police officers in the field to provide services to those suffering from mental health and behavioral issues. This co-responder model serves to augment the work of the City's Homeless Outreach Administrator, the Community Resource Center and Community Court. All together, these programs form a comprehensive, innovative, co-response service-based approach to address community mental health needs.
The grant was renewed in July of 2019, and again in July of 2020 in the amount of $46,513.00 for each year. Due to the success of this program, Chief Lowe began the process of reallocating funds and reclassifying a Commissioned Police Offi...
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