§ 37-12-6. Crisis Intervention Team Training
Officer team members may elect to receive crisis intervention team training as approved by the Georgia Police Officer Standards and Training Council. All communications officers and other employees of public safety agencies who make dispatch decisions shall receive educational training about identifying emergency calls involving individuals in a behavioral health crisis and dispatching appropriate response […]
§ 37-12-7. Notification of Co-Responder Team of Emergencies
When an emergency call involving an individual’s behavioral health crisis is received by a communications officer or public safety agency, and a civilian-only response team is not appropriate or available, the communications officer shall notify the co-responder team in the jurisdiction where the emergency is located, if practicable, regardless of whether other peace officers are […]
§ 37-12-8. Co-Responder Protocol Committee; Role
Each community service board shall establish a co-responder protocol committee for its service area which shall work to increase the availability, efficiency, and effectiveness of community response to behavioral health crises. The protocol committee shall address best practices for issues which arise during the operation of co-responder teams. Such issues include, but shall not be […]
§ 37-12-9. Role of Community Service Boards Following Response
When a co-responder team responds to a behavioral health crisis, the community service board of the service area where the crisis occurred shall contact the individual within two business days following the crisis, regardless of whether that individual was incarcerated. If the individual resides in a different community service board area, the case shall be […]