Police Co-Responders
Greeley Police Co-Responders
The Co-Responder model of criminal justice diversion consists of teams comprised of a law enforcement officer and a behavioral health specialist to intervene on mental health-related police calls to de-escalate situations that have historically resulted in an arrest and to assess whether the person should be referred for an immediate behavioral health assessment. The Co-Responder model pairs law enforcement and behavioral health specialists to respond to behavioral health-related calls for police service. These teams utilize the combined expertise of the officer and the behavioral health specialist to de-escalate situations and help link people with behavioral health issues to appropriate services.
GPD’s Co-Responders assist officers on scene with a range of situations, including homicidal or suicidal ideation, psychosis, family dynamic issues, mental health crisis, substance abuse, homelessness, and other non-criminal situations. Depending on the situation officers either remain on scene with the clinician or leave to respond to other calls while the clinician stays with the person to provide more in-depth assistance. Co-Responders also complete follow up with individuals they have contact with and upon officer request.
Meet the Co-Responders
Community Action Collaborative
The Community Action Collaborative (CAC) works together in attempt to reduce the number of emergency room admissions, jail admissions, reduce overall response costs, reduce costs for health care, increase connections with necessary resources, reduce duplication of services, decrease identified burdens to a multiple number of agencies and resources created by untreated/under treated individuals. The CAC incorporates the philosophy of looking at preventative and diversion interventions, looking at how to do something different, reducing silos of interventions in a collaborative and inclusive environment. This collaboration is a combination of North Range Behavioral Health, Northern Colorado Health Alliance and Greeley Fire’s community paramedic.