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2.
Special Call City Council
Meeting Date:
05/20/2024
Submitted For:
Johnny Teehee
Initiator:
Chad Farmer, Deputy Chief
Department:
Police
Staff Information Source:
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AGENDA ITEM TITLE:
Approval to apply for, and if selected, accept the 2024 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Peer Support Implementation Project Grant through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in the maximum amount of $200,000.00, or take other necessary action. (Johnny Teehee)
BACKGROUND:
The Muskogee Police Department partnered with Restoration Behavioral Health a few years ago and started the Blue Line Wellness Initiative. The Blue Line Wellness Initiative has been a huge success and has assisted the department by creating programs that include mental health training and education, yearly confidential mental wellness assessments for all officers, family support groups, as well as individual and family counseling. In addition, the department has a trained PEER Support Team that now has 18 officers certified in PEER Support and critical incident stress management.
The police department received this grant in 2020 and again in 2022. Without this grant, we would not be able to get the best resources available for our officers in the area of mental health. This has proven to be a worthwhile project, reducing the department's PTSD diagnosis from 33% to 4%.
The 2024 LEMHWA program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer mentoring programs. It will also provide funding so that the Peer Team can assist other agencies in implementing a similar program so that we can all combine our assets so that we can assist each other.
This project will allow the MPD to expand and strengthen the mental health strategies that are currently in place, specifically the peer support program, and allow us to expand to other outside agencies. This is a non-matching grant that is in the maximum amount of $200,000.00.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approval for the police department to apply for and, if selected, accept the 2024 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Peer Support Implementation Project Grant through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in the maximum amount of $200,000.00.
Fiscal Impact
FUNDING SOURCE:
This is a non-matching grant and will not cost the city any additional funding.
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