§ 5-2-21.2-6 — Duties

Indiana § 5-2-21.2-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 2: LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Ch. 21.2: Indiana Technical Assistance Center for Crisis

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The technical assistance center shall:
(1) identify grants and other funds that may be used to fund:
(A) local crisis intervention teams;
(B) law enforcement agencies; and
(C) evaluation of the effectiveness of crisis intervention team
training;
(2) create and support a statewide crisis intervention team
advisory committee that includes representatives from:
(A) each local crisis intervention team in Indiana;
(B) state level stakeholders, including relevant provider groups;
(C) state agencies, including the division of mental health and
addiction, the Indiana law enforcement academy, and other
agencies considered appropriate; and
(D) advocacy organizations, including organizations
representing people affected by mental illnesses and substance
addiction disorders and other organizations considered
appropriate;
(3) assist rural counties in creating crisis intervention teams and
crisis intervention team training;
(4) provide established local crisis intervention teams with
appropriate training, information, and technical assistance to:
(A) assist law enforcement agencies and law enforcement
officers in providing a sense of dignity in crisis situations to an
individual in crisis;
(B) identify underserved populations with mental illness,
substance addiction disorders, or both, and link the populations
to appropriate care;
(C) build partnerships and encourage formal agreements among
local law enforcement, mental health providers, individuals and
families affected by mental illness and substance addiction
disorders, and other community stakeholders to improve system
prevention and response to mental health and substance
addiction disorder crises;
(D) develop and communicate a recommended best practices
crisis intervention team training curriculum, consistent with
recommended standards developed by CIT International; and
(E) identify and improve awareness of existing crisis response
resources;
(5) communicate and disseminate existing standard protocols for
law enforcement officers transferring an individual in crisis to
medical personnel for treatment under an emergency detention
under IC 12-26-5;
(6) recognize local crisis intervention teams and law enforcement
officers trained in crisis intervention teams; and
(7) report on the status of crisis intervention teams in Indiana,
including:
(A) the overall operation of crisis intervention teams in Indiana;
(B) problems local crisis intervention teams encounter and
proposed solutions, as identified by the advisory committee
described in subdivision (2);
(C) an evaluation of outcomes and best practices to achieve
crisis intervention team goals, including:
(i) the reduction in the amount of time law enforcement
officers spend out of service awaiting assessment and
disposition of individuals in crisis;
(ii) reduction in injuries to law enforcement officers during
crisis events;
(iii) reduction of the use of force when responding to
individuals in crisis;
(iv) reduction in inappropriate arrests of individuals in crisis;
(v) reducing the need for mental health treatment in jails; and
(vi) other goals identified by the technical assistance center;
(D) information regarding the number of crisis intervention
trained officers in each county;
(E) the addresses and directors of the local crisis intervention
teams and whether each local crisis intervention team:
(i) is an established team meeting regularly to address local
needs and host crisis intervention team training as needed;
(ii) is a developing team consisting of community
stakeholders planning for future crisis intervention team
training, but training has not yet taken place; or
(iii) is an inactive team, in which law enforcement officers
were previously trained to be crisis intervention teams but
there are no future plans for crisis intervention team training;
and
(F) an analysis of costs and cost savings associated with crisis
intervention teams.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.115-2015, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.102-2017, SEC.6; P.L.205-2023, SEC.1.