SUBJECT:
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A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County Community Services for a Dedicated Co-Responder
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DEPARTMENT: Police
PRESENTER: Kimberly Stewart, Police Chief
FISCAL SUMMARY:
Cost as Recommended: $100,346.00
Balance Available: $ 99,100.00
Budget Line Item Number: 100-60-610-560100-000000
New Appropriation Required: Yes
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve resolution to sign the renewal for the IGA with Boulder County Community Services and authorize the Mayor to execute said IGA.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Town of Erie Board of Trustees approved the IGA with the Boulder County Co-Responders with resolution number 21-053 during the Board of Trustee meeting on 04/27/2021.
Mental health clinicians serving as Co-Responders with police officers have been shown to be effective in dealing with individuals suffering a mental crisis and helping police officers safely deescalate potentially violent confrontations.
To increase the Co-Responders' understanding of Erie's community and to improve response time and days of coverage, the Board of Trustees approved additional funding to contract for dedicated resources with the Boulder County Co-Responder program. This has allowed Boulder County to hire and designate one clinician specifically for the Town of Erie.
This is not a 24/7 operation, 365 days per year. This employee is a Boulder County employee supervised by the current supervisors of the BC Co-Responder program. The Town's Co-Responder trains with this team and is also trained to specifically deal with Town of Erie issues. In addition, this Co-Responder is trained to follow-up with case management for Erie cases and provide outreach to our community to include the schools.
When the Erie clinician has days off, holidays or during training, a current member of the Boulder County Co-Responder team is available to respon...
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