Title
Community Policing Crisis Response Team
Action
Action:
A. Approve contract with Matrix Mental Health Alliance, LLC doing business as CriSys to assist law enforcement in responding to people in crisis due to mental health or substance abuse for an initial term of one year not to exceed $669,235, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to four, one-year terms with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Kerr Putney, Police
Nelson Bowling, Police
Ryan Jackson, Police
Explanation
§ CMPD’s Community Policing Crisis Response Team (CPCRT) is being established to provide improved public safety and service through the deployment of Officers and licensed mental health clinicians.
§ The objective of the CPCRT is to decrease the number of injuries and incarcerated mentally ill individuals by acting as an entry point into mental health treatment.
§ Situations will be deescalated by providing a licensed mental health professional, paired with law enforcement response, to persons and families suffering from behavioral health crises or substance abuse disorders.
§ On October 10, 2018 the City issued a Request for Proposals; one response was received.
§ Matrix Mental Health Alliance, LLC best meets the City’s needs in terms of qualifications, experience, cost, and responsiveness to RFP requirements
§ Total expenditure over the five-year term of the contract, if renewed annually, would be $3,505,621.
Charlotte Business INClusion
These are cooperative purchasing contracts and are exempt (Part A: Appendix 27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Police Operating Budget