#MHPolice
Conference Goals 1. To bring together multiple perspectives with a view to identifying new opportunities and promoting emerging best practices for improving the quality of interfaces and outcomes with persons with mental illness and the police, criminal justice, mental health and broader human services systems, including promising practices in workplace mental health.
2. To advance the evidence base in support of emerging models and promising practices.
3. To advance collaborative learning in support of such practices across the policing, criminal justice, mental health and related health and social systems.
4. To advance new and common measures of success.
Who Should Attend: • Police Leaders and Policy Makers (includes Governing Authorities) • Mental Health Leaders and Policy Makers • Criminal Justice Leaders and Policy Makers • Front Line Policing Practitioners • Front Line Mental Health Practitioners • Front Line Criminal Justice Practitioners • Police, Mental Health or Criminal Justice Educators • Police, Mental Health or Criminal Justice Researchers • Persons with Lived Experience, Family Members or Advocates for Persons with Mental Illness • Persons with Lived Experience, Family Members or Advocates for Victims of Crime
Monday, March 24th, 2014
17:00-19:00 Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
07:00 Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
07:00-08:30 Breakfast (Imperial Ballroom)
08:30-16:30 Plenary Sessions (Ballroom)
08:30-09:00
Introductions Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
Opening Remarks Chief Constable Jim Chu, O.O.M., Vancouver Police Department, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Ms. Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada
SESSION 1 09:00-10:15
Feature Segment 1 Police and Mental Health Training
Objective/ Process Rationale The purpose of this session is to highlight current collaborative training and learning models, case studies and to review successes and challenges in police – mental health partnerships with a goal of discussion and action towards a universal training strategy to support common operations at a national level.
Presenters • Dr. Terry Coleman, M.O.M., Ph.D., Public Safety Consultant • Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Ph.D. C. Psych, Psychologist • Dr. Amy Watson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago • Mr. Marc Desaulniers, Manager, Centre for Disciplinary Knowledge, École Nationale de Police du Québec • Mr. Guy Bruneau, Manager, Professional Development, École Nationale de Police du Québec
Moderator Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
10:15-10:45 Network Break (Ballroom Foyer)
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
SESSION 2 10:45-12:00
Feature Segment 2 Opportunities Arising from New Models of Community Safety
Objective/ Process Rationale This session will focus on community safety, one of the pillars of the national Federal- Provincial-Territorial Shared Forward Agenda for Policing, and will provide a platform for discussion around the successes, issues and opportunities related to mental illness within emerging models in collaborative, multi-agency risk intervention strategies.
Presentations
Saskatchewan’s Collaborative Risk-Driven Models for Community Safety and Wellness Dr. Brian Rector, Ph.D., R.D. Psych., Executive Director, Research and Evidence-Based Excellence, Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, Corrections and Policing Mr. Dave Nelson, RPN RSW., Executive Director, Saskatchewan Mental Health Association
Ontario’s Open Government initiatives and #MHPolice Mr. Tom North, Manager, Open Government – Policy and Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
RainCity Housing and Support Society, Vancouver Ms. Heather Gilmore, Peer Specialist, RainCity Housing Ms. Jodie Foster, Family Nurse Practitioner, Team Leader, ACT Team, RainCity Housing
Moderator Sergeant Brent Kalinowski (Ret), Project Manager, Gateway Community Mobilization North Bay (CMNB)
12:00-13:00 Lunch (Imperial Ballroom)
SESSION 3 13:00-14:30
Showcase Segment 1 Crisis Intervention Series
Objective/ Process Rationale The first Showcase session with its rapid-fire format and audience participation, will provide an interactive platform to share and discuss their strategies, data, successes, challenges and lessons learned to date, with an emphasis on collaborative response models.
Presentations
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
Hamilton - Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST) • Ms. Sarah Burtenshaw, COAST Mental Health Worker, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton • Inspector Randy Graham, Hamilton Police Service
Sudbury Community Based Crisis Model • Inspector Sheilah Weber, Greater Sudbury Police Service • Staff Sergeant Craig Maki, Greater Sudbury Police Service • Ms. Maureen McLelland, RN, BScN, MHSc, CHE, Administrative Director, Mental Health & Addictions Program, Sudbury Mental Health & Addictions Centre, Health Sciences North
Ottawa Mobile Crisis Models • Dr. Peter Boyles, Psychiatrist, Ottawa Hospital, Mobile Crisis Team • Detective Stéphane Quesnel, Mental Health Unit, Ottawa Police Service
Calgary - Police and Crisis Team (PACT) • Sergeant Erin Partridge, Vulnerable Persons Team and Police and Crisis Team, Community and Youth Services, Calgary Police Service
Toronto - Real Time Crisis • Ms. Anne-Marie Batten, Registered Nurse, Real Time Crisis, Toronto • Constable Scott Mills, Social Media Officer, Corporate Communications, Toronto Police Service
Moderator Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
14:30-15:00 Network Break (Ballroom Foyer)
SESSION 4 15:00-16:30
Feature Segment 3 Confronting Stigma: Mental Illness in Society and the Workplace
Objective/ Process Rationale This session will focus discussion on the pervasiveness and impact of stigma and highlight efforts made to address stigma within society and the workplace, including within police services.
Presentations
Mental Health in Society and the Workplace Dr. Patrick Baillie, Ph.D., LL.B., Consulting Psychologist, Calgary Police Service
The Working Mind: Calgary Police Service’s R2MR Adaptation Chief Rick Hanson, O.O.M., Calgary Police Service
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
"We never had a chance to speak.." How the perspectives, experiences and insights of the labeled can break through stigma and contribute to new and effective approaches in crisis Ms. Pat Capponi, Lead Facilitator, Voices from the Street
The Effects of Stigma upon Society’s Responses to Mental Illness Dr. Jamie Livingston, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Saint Mary’s University
Moderator Mr. Chris Summerville, CEO, Schizophrenia Society of Canada & Executive Director, Manitoba Schizophrenia Society
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
07:30-08:30 Breakfast (Imperial Ballroom)
08:30-14:15 Plenary Sessions (Ballroom)
08:30-09:00
Recap of Day One, Intro to Day two Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
SESSION 5 09:00-10:15
Showcase Segment 2 Recovery, Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Series
Objective/ Process Rationale Rather than focus on intervention and crisis management, this Showcase session will focus on improving quality of life and ensuring more positive outcomes for persons with mental illness post-interaction, as opposed to intervention or crisis management, including issues related to Courts, Corrections, and Recovery.
Presentations
Hope Not Jail “Preventing the criminalization of people with mental health problems” Dr. Crystal Dieleman, Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Hope Not Jail Project, Halifax Ms. Robin Campbell, MRM, Dalhousie University, Project Coordinator, Hope Not Jail Project, Halifax
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Reform The Honourable Judge Raymond Wyant, Provincial Court of Manitoba
Continuity of Care in British Columbia Corrections Mr. Jonny Morris, MA-CYC, Director, Public Policy, Research, & Provincial Programs, Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division
Moderator Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
10:15-10:45 Network Break (Ballroom Foyer)
SESSION 6 10:45-12:00
Feature Segment 4 Collaborative Measures of Success and Outcomes
Objective/ Process Rationale This session will focus on methods for reducing and improving police interactions with persons with mental illness, while ensuring individual, police member and community safety, and will look at how we can achieve collaborative measures of success for tracking and reporting common outcomes across multiple service providers.
Presentations
The interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS) Dr. Ron Hoffman, Coordinator, Advanced Patrol, Coach Officer & Mental Health Training, Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services, Ontario Police College Ms. Barb Pizzingrilli, RN, BN, MN, CPMHN (C), MBA, Manager, Program Development and Evaluation, Niagara Health System, Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health: Statistics Canada 2012 Ms. Rebecca Kong, Chief, Policing Services Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), Statistics Canada, Co-Chair, CACP Police Information and Statistics (POLIS) Committee
Dashboard Project - Vancouver Police Department / Vancouver Coastal Health Staff Sergeant Howard Tran, Mental Health Unit, Youth Services Section, Vancouver Police Department Inspector Ralph Pauw, Youth Services Section, Vancouver Police Department
New BC Standards for Certified Use of Force Ms. Linda Stewart, Instructor, Police Academy Recruit Training and Advanced Police Training, Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
Deconstructing the Journey from Individual to Patient to Offender: A Global Comparative Study: CACP Institute for Strategic International Studies (ISIS) 2014 Superintendent Carolyn Bishop, York Regional Police Service Superintendent Robert Gould, Waterloo Regional Police Service Inspector Mitch Yuzdepski, Saskatoon Police Service
Moderator Ms. Cathryn Palmer, Edmonton Police Commission, President, Canadian Association of Police Governance
12:00-13:00 Lunch (Imperial Ballroom)
SESSION 7 13:00-14:15
Consolidation Segment
Objective Through panel and audience interaction, there will be a review and discussion of all issues and objectives discussed during earlier sessions, with a goal to identifying and isolating key actions and key messages to be announced at the end of the conference.
Opening Remarks Dr. David S. Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC, Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), and Senior Medical Advisor, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Panelists Chief Constable Jim Chu, O.O.M., Vancouver Police Department, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Ms. Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada Ms. Jennifer Chambers, Coordinator, Empowerment Council, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Invited Guests
Moderator Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
14:15
Closing Remarks Mr. Norman E. Taylor, Net-L3.com
Updated on Mar. 7, 2014
Conference Topics and Presenters
Introductions:
Lead Moderator Mr. Norman E. Taylor, NetL3.com
Norm has chaired the planning and design committee for this conference and will serve as lead moderator throughout. He is a nationally recognized strategist, facilitator, educator and leadership advisor specializing in policing, community safety, criminal justice and public safety initiatives. His firm is built upon 35 years of diverse consulting experience with the past 20 years being highly focused on the policing sector across Canada. Since 2008, he has served as the Future of Policing consultant to the Province of Saskatchewan and as a senior advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice: Corrections and Policing. Norm also co-founded and has served since 2002 as Program Director for the CACP’s Institute for Strategic International Studies (ISIS).
Opening Remarks:
Conference Co-Chair Chief Constable Jim Chu, O.O.M., Vancouver Police Department President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)
Jim Chu, a 34-year veteran with the Vancouver Police Department, was appointed Chief Constable in August 2007. He is also the current President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
He joined the VPD in 1979. His early assignments included patrol constable, School Liaison officer, and Planning and Research. He was promoted to corporal in 1989 and then detective in 1990. He held investigative assignments in the General Investigation and Robbery Squads, then returned to patrol as a sergeant in 1991. In 1996, he was assigned to head the Recruiting Unit. In 1997, Jim was promoted to inspector and became the Vancouver Police Project Manager on the E-Comm project. This entailed managing the VPD transitions onto the E-Comm radio system, the new dispatch facility, the PRIME-BC Records Management system, and a new mobile computing and data access platform. He then returned to patrol as a district commander in 2001. He was promoted to Deputy Chief in 2003. Jim holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia. He is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute.
Conference Co-Chair Louise Bradley President and Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
A proud Newfoundlander, Louise started her career there as a registered nurse where she discovered an immediate passion for mental health. Louise’s work has taken her across the country, where she has held a range of positions across the health sector. From front-line nursing, to forensic and corrections care, to research, teaching, and large-scale hospital administration, Louise has seen mental health issues on the ground and at the highest administrative level. Louise became President and CEO of the Mental Health Commission of Canada in 2010, after serving as Senior Operating Officer for the University of Alberta Hospital, one of Canada's leading clinical, research and teaching hospitals. She holds degrees from Dalhousie University and Northeastern University in Boston, where she received a Master of Science with a specialization in mental health. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of Canadian mental health. In her years of work, Louise has heard from hundreds of Canadians living with mental illness and mental health problems. Their stories are her inspiration to spark leading and lasting change for mental health care in Canada.
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Feature Segment 1 Police and Mental Health Training
Moderator:
Mr. Norman E. Taylor
Presentations and Panelists:
Terry Coleman, M.O.M., Ph.D.
From 1969 to 1996, Terry worked for the Calgary Police Service, serving in numerous areas. From 1997 to 2007, Terry was the Chief of Police in Moose Jaw. He has also been a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police-Human Resource Committee since 1998 and is the past co-chair of the CACP HR sub-committee with respect to Police/Mental Health. In 2003, he was awarded the Order of Merit for Police Forces by the Governor General. From 2007 to 2008, Terry was the Deputy Minister of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing for the government of Saskatchewan; from 2008 to 2009 he was the Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs. Terry has a Master of Human Resource Management as well as an M.A. in Police Studies from the University of Regina. He also holds a PhD in Police Studies from the University of Regina. His research focus was the measurement of the organizational performance of police organizations. He has designed and/or delivered courses on public sector leadership, management and policing for Dalhousie University College of Continuing Education, Athabasca University, the Canadian Police College, the Saskatchewan Police College and the University of Regina as well as an executive strategic policing program for the Barbados Police and the St Lucia Police. He currently operates as an independent public safety consultant primarily related to policing, mental health and policing as well as mental health and corrections. In those capacities, he works closely with the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Dorothy Cotton, Ph.D. C. Psych
Dorothy Cotton is a registered psychologist with a particular interest in the area of police psychology and holds diplomate status in police psychology—the only one in Canada. She is an Associate Member of both the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and has been involved in the latter organization’s policy and program development related to police/mental health systems liaison (www.pmhl.ca). She consults regularly, both formally and informally, with police services across the country about issues related to development of mental health liaison programs and committees. Dr. Cotton also provides pre-employment and fitness for duty assessments to a variety of police services.
Dr. Cotton is also an adjunct faculty member at Queen’s University, is Past President of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (the regulatory body for psychology), has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and is also a Fellow of CPA. She served on the Mental Health and the Law Committee of the Mental Health Association of Canada. In 2012, she received a Diamond Jubilee Medal recognizing her work in relation to interactions between police and people with mental illnesses.
Amy C. Watson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
. BA, Criminal Justice, Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois . AM, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration . Ph.D., University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 3
Professional Interests . Mental Health Policy . Interface of the criminal justice and mental health systems . Mental illness stigma and treatment participation . Probation officer in DuPage County for five years, working primarily with probation clients with mental illness. Several years as a forensic social worker, conducting mitigation investigations for death penalty cases.
Current Research . "Testing a systems level intervention to improve police response to persons with mental illness: CIT in Chicago " (NIMH) . "Police, Procedural Justice & Persons with Mental Illness"(NIMH) . Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: Re-Entry Evaluation ( Chicago Community Trust) . "Police Officer Response to Emotionally Disturbed Person Calls" ( Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research)
Teaching . Mental Health Policy . Social Work Research . Social Work with Military Service Members, Veterans and Families
École nationale de police du Québec (ENPQ) Web documentary Vulnerable
Presenters:
Marc Desaulniers, Manager, Centre for Disciplinary Knowledge, ENPQ Guy Bruneau, Manager, Professional Development, ENPQ
"VULNERABLE: POLICE INTERVENTION WITH A PERSON IN CRISIS" is a web documentary on the police response to a person in crisis and/or who have a mental disorder. It offers intervention and helpful, safe and effective communication strategies to defuse a crisis, that focuses on "skills" as well as the "know-how".
This web documentary addresses: police public safety stakeholders police officers of the National Police Academy aspirants Quebec students in police technology colleges future public safety stakeholders (correctional officers, special constables and highway controllers courthouse)
Feature Segment 2 Opportunities Arising from New Models of Community Safety
Moderator:
Sergeant Brent Kalinowski (Ret), Project Manager, Gateway Community Mobilization, North Bay (CMNB)
Brent Kalinowski retired in 2013 from the Prince Albert Police Service after 27 years spanning a range of policing duties, with a career emphasis on major crime investigations. In the last 2 years of his service, Brent became a founding member of Community Mobilization Prince Albert, serving as a sector specialist Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 4 for policing at the Centre of Responsibility (COR) for two years, then moving to the province’s Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime consultant team. Late last year, Brent retired and relocated to North Bay, Ontario, where he has been instrumental in developing a similar new model for community safety and wellness in that city. Brent also provides consulting support to other communities pursuing similar models.
Presentations:
Saskatchewan’s Collaborative Risk-Driven Models for Community Safety and Wellness
Presenters:
Brian Rector, Ph.D. R.D. Psych., Executive Director, Research and Evidence-Based Excellence Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice: Corrections and Policing Dave Nelson, RPN RSW., Executive Director, Saskatchewan Mental Health Association
The province of Saskatchewan has recently gained national recognition for its innovations and its broad commitment to new models for achieving community safety and wellness. These include its Child and Family Agenda, its Provincial Mental Health Strategy, and its well-recognized Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime approach, featuring the Hub/COR model that originated under Community Mobilization Prince Albert and is now being replicated in well over a dozen locations across Canada. This presentation will trace some of the most important and consistent principles that define these approaches, including the emphasis on risk factors, multi-sector collaboration, a strong commitment to evidence, and analytic and technological innovations to support emerging programs and policies. Specifically, the intersections between mental illness and other risk factors will be highlighted, along with new strategies and methodologies for reducing interactions with the criminal justice system.
Ontario’s Open Government initiatives and #MHPolice
Presenter:
Tom North, Manager, Open Government – Policy and Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Tom will present on the Ontario Open Government initiative with a focus on how the ‘three opens’ (Open Dialogue, Open Data, and Information) can advance collaboration and learning across the policing sector and its partners. Tom began his career with the Waterloo Regional Police Service in 2004 where he coordinated corporate business planning and in 2008, he joined the Ontario Public Service with the Ministry of Environment’s Investigation and Enforcement Branch. In 2010, Tom joined the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, where he has held the roles of Coordinator of Research and Statistics, Liaison Officer for the National Justice Statistics Initiative, Executive Assistant/Advisor to the Commissioner of Community Safety (Dan Hefkey) and Manager of the Research and Evaluation Unit. Tom currently holds the role of Manager of Open Government in the ministry’s Policy Division. In the past, Tom has led the ministry’s internal review of police interaction with persons with a mental illness and the ministry’s response to the Ombudsmen report on OSI-PTSD in policing.
RainCity Housing and Support Society, Vancouver
Presenters:
Heather Gilmore, Peer Specialist, RainCity Housing Jodie Foster, Family Nurse Practitioner, Team Leader, ACT Team, RainCity Housing
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RainCity Housing and Support Society is a grassroots organization built around compassion, purpose and a commitment to delivering progressive housing and support solutions for people living with mental illness, addictions and other challenges. The people who benefit from the services of RainCity Housing are treated with dignity and respect, and are offered a safe place to live, independence and improved quality of life. Since 1982, RainCity Housing has provided shelter and housing for thousands of people in the Lower Mainland. With a proven track record, a strong leadership team, and a clear vision for the future, RainCity Housing is a leader in finding workable, cost-effective solutions that ultimately benefit everyone in our community.
Showcase Segment1 Crisis Intervention Series
Moderator:
Mr. Norman E. Taylor
Presentations:
Hamilton - Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST)
Presenters:
Sarah Burtenshaw, COAST Mental Health Worker, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton Inspector Randy Graham, Hamilton Police Service
COAST is a program of St. Joseph’s Healthcare and serves the residents of the City of Hamilton who have serious mental health issues and are in crisis. COAST is a multidisciplinary team consisting of child and youth crisis workers, mental health workers, nurses, social workers and plain-clothes police officers. COAST provides a 24/7 crisis line and police/mental health outreach services between 09:00 – midnight daily. The team provides services to all 3 divisions of Hamilton with plain-clothed officers attending calls in an unmarked police car with a mental health worker. Referrals are made by clients, family members, case managers, other community members and police officers. Visits occur in the community and individuals agree to have the team visit. There is both a Child and Youth team, and an adult team as well as a Behaviour Supports Ontario (dementia support team). COAST has been very successful in diverting people away from 911 services as well as from the ER.
Sudbury Community Based Crisis Model
Presenters:
Maureen McLelland, RN, BScN, MHSc, CHE, Administrative Director, Mental Health & Addictions Program, Sudbury Mental Health & Addictions Centre, Health Sciences North Staff Sergeant Craig Maki, Administrative Staff Sergeant, Greater Sudbury Police Service Inspector Sheilah Weber, Uniform Division, Greater Sudbury Police Service
In the fall of 2011, Health Sciences North, the Greater Sudbury Police Services and the Canadian Mental Health put forward a proposal to the North East Local Health Integration Network, to enhance and expand the delivery model of the community’s existing Crisis Intervention Service. This proposal was deemed an improvement to the existing model which had been hospital-based and located adjacent to the Emergency department since the late 1980’s. Discussed will be the Sudbury Community Based Crisis Model and the resulting impacts on that community; as well as, the inherent improvements for the participating stakeholders. Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 6
Ottawa Mobile Crisis Models
Presenters:
Dr. Peter Boyles, Psychiatrist, Ottawa Hospital, Mobile Crisis Team Detective Stéphane Quesnel, Mental Health Unit, Ottawa Police Service
The Ottawa Police Service Mental Health Unit (MHU) and the Ottawa Hospital Mobile Crisis Team (MCT) have been collaborating since 2004. The four MHU officers work with a team of social workers and nurses, while the MCT has two consulting psychiatrists who are also available to do mobile assessments in the community. A pilot introduced in Ottawa in July 2012 was initially proposed by one of the psychiatrists, Dr. Peter Boyles, and is an extension of this current model. Boyles and/or a resident doctor go out in an unmarked cruiser with a plainclothes officer from the MHU and respond to live calls, three afternoons a week. For the client and family, a mental health assessment is conducted in the home. Once the assessment by the MHU and the physician is complete, the client may be brought to the hospital for further evaluation, a follow-up appointment may be provided to the client (with or without a prescription for medication) or the client can stay in the home and be provided with relevant resources. This house-call approach prevents long waits in emergency departments or frustration in navigating a complex health care system to find appropriate resources.
Calgary - Police and Crisis Team (PACT)
Presenter:
Sergeant Erin Partridge, Vulnerable Persons Team and Police and Crisis Team, Community and Youth Services, Calgary Police Service
This joint initiative between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Calgary Police Service (CPS) pairs a CPS officer with an AHS clinician (social worker, registered psychiatric nurse or registered nurse) to provide crisis intervention, urgent psychiatric assessments and professional consultations. PACT provides service for clients:
with a history of aggression, violence, or weapons on premises who are experiencing a mental health or psychosocial crisis; who are intoxicated and/or expressing suicidal or homicidal ideation; who have a history of substance use and mental illness and are presenting with likeliness for danger or harm to self or others; where there is a high likelihood of requiring a FORM 10 (Statement of Peace Officer on Apprehension) under the Mental Health Act of Alberta; who have cautions on file with the Calgary Police Service.
Toronto - Real Time Crisis
Presenters:
Anne Marie Batten Registered Nurse/Director Constable Scott Mills, Social Media Officer, Corporate Communications, Toronto Police Service
Real Time Crisis is a collaboration of trained mental health professionals focused on outreach and prevention of crisis by using social media tools. Real Time Crisis Intervention is led by a Toronto Street Nurse, Anne Marie Batten with over 20 years of front line clinical care experience. This team is saving Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 7 and improving lives by engaging directly with persons in distress using a strategy of relationships and technology. Many police services have Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams comprised of nurses and police officers to effectively deal with persons experiencing mental health crisis. The goal of Real Time Crisis Intervention is to extend this partnership into social media preventing or intervening when necessary in crisis situations. Police can be called into potentially stigmatizing situations which can escalate into violent confrontations resulting in injury or death to a community member and/or a police officer. Real Time Crisis is an essential partnership for the education sector, social services and the law enforcement community to ensure community success and safety.
Feature Segment 3 Confronting Stigma: Mental Illness in Society and the Workplace
Moderator:
Chris Summerville, D.Min, CPRC, Executive Director, Manitoba Schizophrenia Society, CEO, Schizophrenia Society of Canada
As a recipient of mental health services, family member and self-help provider, Chris is the captain of the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society team. You can tell Chris is a different kind of Canadian by his southern accent. Born in Alabama, Chris moved to the land of the Maple Leaf in 1985. He has served as a pastor, chaplain, teacher, administrator and mental health service provider through 40 years of professional work in Canada and the U.S. Chris has dedicated his life "to enabling the walking wounded to become wounded healers." Although Chris regards schizophrenia as one of the most confounding and wounding illnesses a person can experience, he believes that recovery is more possible today than ever before. He has an earned doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary and is a Certified Psychosocial Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRC) with the International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services. He is also a former board member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada as well as the CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. For more info: http://www.schizophrenia.ca/
Presentations:
Mental Health in Society and the Workplace
Presenter:
Patrick Baillie, Ph.D., LL.B.
Over the past 20 years, Patrick Baillie has been a senior psychologist with Alberta Health Services, working in a community-based forensic mental health program, and has been a consulting psychologist with Calgary Police Service. He recently started work as Legal Counsel to the Provincial Court of Alberta. Baillie was a member and, later, Chair, of the former Mental Health and the Law Advisory Committee of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. He continues to serve on the Commission's Advisory Council. Over the course of his career, Baillie has given evidence in hundreds of criminal and civil cases and is cited in more than 50 reported decisions.
The Working Mind Calgary Police Service’s R2MR Adaptation
Presenter:
Chief Rick Hanson, O.O.M., Calgary Police Service
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The Working Mind was developed by the MHCC Opening Minds initiative. It is an adaptation of the DND’s “Road to Mental Readiness” program – a response to the Canadian military’s need for mental resiliency in personnel who experience stressful situations and environments.
Chief Hanson joined the Calgary Police Service in 1975, and has over 37 years of policing experience in a number of different investigative and operational areas. Chief Hanson has a B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Calgary. He is also a graduate of the U of C Executive Development Program, the FBI Leadership in Counter-terrorism Program and the Canadian Police College Executive Development Program. Constantly in contact with the community he serves, Chief Hanson has tight ties to organizations supporting the city’s homeless, victims of domestic violence and programs geared towards youth intervention and education. He is also a strong advocate of establishing effective diversion and treatment programs, and aligning the Calgary Police Service with other important agencies to address social disorder and addictions at the earliest stages.
"We never had a chance to speak.." how the perspectives, experiences and insights of the labeled can break through stigma and contribute to new and effective approaches in crisis
Presenter:
Pat Capponi, Lead Facilitator, Voices from the Street
Having lived experience of poverty herself, Pat Capponi now works tirelessly and urgently to restore dignity and opportunity for those trapped in poverty and homelessness, and living with mental illness. She has written numerous works of non-fiction about poverty, mental illness, and policing, as well as two mysteries set in a rooming house in Parkdale. Currently, she is a part time member of the Consent and Capacity Board and co-chairs the Toronto Police Services Board sub-committee on mental health. She is also lead facilitator with Voices from the Street, a program that offers a twelve-week course on leadership to the poor, the homeless, those with mental health or addiction issues, and those with physical challenges, as well as newcomers. Pat has served as a board member of CAMH and was a member of the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council. She has received numerous honours for her community work; she is a recipient of the Order of Ontario and the C.M. Hincks award from the Canadian Mental Health Association. Pat has been awarded the Queens Jubilee and the Diamond Jubilee medals.
The Effects of Stigma upon Society’s Responses to Mental Illness
Presenter:
Jamie Livingston, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Saint Mary’s University
Education 2011 - Doctor of Philosophy, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University 2001 - Master of Arts, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University 1999 – Bachelor of Arts, Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island
Research Areas Mental health/illness and the legal/criminal justice systems; Mental health-related stigma; Forensic mental health; Compulsory mental health treatment; Criminal justice diversion; Labeling theory; Social justice and inclusion for people with mental illnesses; Risk and Recovery Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 9
Showcase Segment 2 Recovery, Rehabilitation and Quality of Life Series
Moderator:
Mr. Norman E. Taylor
Presentations:
Hope Not Jail “Preventing the criminalization of people with mental health problems”
Presenters:
Dr. Crystal Dieleman, Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Hope Not Jail Project Robin Campbell, MRM, Project Coordinator, Hope Not Jail Project
This research project aims to provide a greater understanding of the everyday life experiences of people with mental health problems and their involvement in the criminal system. Information gained from talking with key stakeholders (people with lived experience, families, service providers, community agencies/organizations, policy-makers) to identify current issues and concerns is being used to identify opportunities for people to bring about positive and sustainable change in their own communities. This research partnership between university-based researchers and community-based partners will be used to propose changes to policies, services, practices and resources designed to improve the everyday life experiences of people with mental health problems and reduce/prevent their involvement in the criminal justice system.
Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Reform
Presenter:
The Honourable Judge Raymond Wyant, Provincial Court of Manitoba
The Honourable Raymond Wyant, former Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, has devoted countless hours of public service and creative energy to The University of Winnipeg and the broader community. He served on the University of Winnipeg Board Of Regents for almost a decade, from 1992 to 2002, and was Chair of the Board from 2000 to 2002. He actively served on every standing committee of the Board including, Finance, Audit, Nominating, Property and Physical Planning and External Relations. In addition, Judge Wyant Chaired the Human Resources Committee; the University Affairs Committee; the Tenure and Promotions Committee; the Executive Committee and the Table Officers Committee; the Search Committee for Dean of Arts and Science; the Farquhar Award Committee and the Presidential Search Committee. Throughout this period, Judge Wyant was a Crown Attorney and served as Acting Deputy Director of Prosecutions on several occasions. He won the 2006 United Nations Public service Award for Improving Delivery of Service for leading an innovative, coordinated approach to processing domestic violence cases that earned national and international attention. Judge Wyant has played a continuing important role in national discussions on criminal justice reform which have brought about several constructive exchanges among the judiciary, prosecutors, defense counsel and the police.
Continuity of Care in British Columbia Corrections
Presenters:
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Jonny Morris, MA-CYC, Director, Public Policy, Research, & Provincial Programs, Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division
The BC Ministry of Health and BC Ministry of Justice, Corrections Branch have commissioned the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division to lead a body of work focused on the interfaces between the mental health/substance use care systems and the adult corrections system. The overarching purpose of the project is to improve the continuity of care for adult corrections clients’ mental health and/or substance use problems at key transition points in the corrections system. These transition points include entry into adult custody, while in custody, and upon release into the community. The project is comprised of three main areas. One overarching area is focused on the development of a provincial service framework designed to guide planners and frontline health and corrections staff with options for appropriate services and guidance in supporting individuals with mental illness and/or problematic substance use. The other areas include a focus on the development of information sharing protocols between corrections and health authorities to enhance continuity of care and a focus upon developing protocols and practices designed to guide the transitions of clients between both systems. While the project is still underway, an opportunity to present at the Conference will allow for: (a) presenting the accumulated learning to date; (b) highlighting the opportunities inherent to a collaborative approach between health and corrections; (c) pointing to the work ahead and the opportunities for cross jurisdictional learning.
Feature Segment 4 Collaborative Measures of Success and Outcomes
Moderator:
Cathryn Palmer, President, Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG)
Cathy Palmer is a highly regarded management consultant in health, social services and voluntary sectors, who brings extensive leadership experience to both the CAPG and the Edmonton Police Commission. Ms. Palmer has spent a significant portion of her career working in the areas of policy development, strategic planning, program evaluation, communications, negotiations, and stakeholder relations.
Presentations:
The interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS)
Presenters:
Ron Hoffman, PhD, Coordinator, Advanced Patrol, Coach Officer & Mental Health Training, Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services, Ontario Police College Barb Pizzingrilli RN, BN, MN, CPMHN (C), MBA, Manager, Program Development and Evaluation, Niagara Health System, Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
The interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener (BMHS) was developed by Ron Hoffman of the Ontario Police College, John Hirdes PhD and his research team at the University of Waterloo, Greg Brown PhD at Nipissing University and the interRAI International Network of Excellence in Mental Health (iNEMH). Most of the research was led by Ron as part of his PhD work under the supervision of Dr. John Hirdes, and it was done in collaboration with the OPP and Guelph Police. OPP have stated that they wish to implement the BMHS on a provincial basis, and there are several other police forces that have expressed a similar interest. In summary, the BMHS is an evidence-based tool that enhances the ability of police officers to identify persons with serious mental disorders. It captures, standardizes and assists officers to articulate their reasonable grounds to believe a person has a mental disorder to hospital staff. The BMHS also Final Bios for CACP‐MHCC Conference – March 6, 2014 – Page 11 captures police time spent on mental health calls which can be translated into a monetary figure. The algorithms built into the BMHS identify the characteristics of persons most likely to be admitted into psychiatric care. Identifying the characteristics of persons who have the most frequent interaction with police officers may reveal situations where there is unnecessary police involvement but also gaps in mental health services.
Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health
Presenter:
Rebecca Kong, Chief, Policing Services Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), Statistics Canada, Co-Chair, CACP Police Information and Statistics (POLIS) Committee
Presenting results from a general population survey to measure the mental health of Canadians. The CCJS worked with the Health Statistics Division who ran that survey in order to add questions about contact with police and reasons for contact with police. Rebecca will discuss the information gaps and challenges to data collection and encourage dialogue on whether the challenges still exist.
Dashboard Project - Vancouver Police Department / Vancouver Coastal Health
Presenters:
Staff Sergeant Howard Tran, Mental Health Unit, Youth Services Section, Vancouver Police Department Inspector Ralph Pauw, Youth Services Section, Vancouver Police Department
This presentation will focus on a Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Dashboard collaborated on with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) which was designed to measure the Assertive Outreach Team (ACT) to determine if firstly, ACT is a good model for VCH, and secondly, whether the police involvement and referrals would decrease police and criminal justice system contacts for their mutual clients. They will also discuss other data collection outcome measure initiatives which help identify individuals with mental illness and drug addiction who are at highest risk to themselves or others, as well as in-house databases used to support these initiatives.
New BC Standards for Certified Use of Force
Presenter:
Linda Stewart, Instructor, Police Academy Recruit Training and Advanced Police Training Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)
Linda Stewart recently retired from the Vancouver Police Department after a successful 35 year career. She currently teaches Tactical Communications and Introduction to Investigative Skills and Processes in the Investigation and Enforcement Skills Certificate Program, as well as Interviewing Skills and Legal Studies to police recruits. Linda will speak to a new certification course in BC which once finalized will be a BC Policing Standard for all use of force instruction to be delivered by CUFIC certified municipal police officers.
Deconstructing the Journey from Individual to Patient to Offender: A Global Comparative Study CACP Institute for Strategic International Studies (ISIS) 2014
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Presenters:
Superintendent Carolyn Bishop, York Regional Police Service Superintendent Robert Gould, Waterloo Regional Police Service Inspector Mitch Yuzdepski, Saskatoon Police Service
Presenting their preliminary research framework for the ISIS 2014 Global Study Theme: Improving Outcomes: Mentally Ill Persons and the System.
Consolidation Segment Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Mr. Norman E. Taylor
Opening Remarks:
David S. Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC, Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), and Senior Medical Advisor, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Dr. Goldbloom is a well-known psychiatrist who serves as the Senior Medical Advisor at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. David’s career in psychiatry began at Toronto General Hospital in 1985 and he has held senior leadership positions at The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where he was the founding Physician-in-Chief. In 2007, David was appointed as a Board member at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and in 2012 was appointed as Chair of the Board. He also serves on the Board of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. He previously served on the Board of the Canadian Mental Health Association Metro Toronto.
Panelists:
Chief Constable Jim Chu, O.O.M., Vancouver Police Department, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)
Ms. Louise Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
Ms. Jennifer Chambers, Coordinator, Empowerment Council, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Plus: Additional Guest Panelists
Plus: All Conference Delegates