Mental Health and Law Enforcement Initiative Tarrant County

Mental Health and Law Enforcement Initiative Tarrant County 9 -1 -1 May 30, 2018

About Mayors’ Council of Tarrant County • Established in 1975 • Comprised of the mayors of 41 cities located wholly or partly within Tarrant County • Policy advisory committee to Commissioners Court • Addresses a variety of issues that cross city boundaries • • Community development Transportation Mental health and law enforcement Legislation

Background • 2 issues: • Officers spending lengthy periods of time at JPS’ Psychiatric ER and/or mental health facilities • Time commitment takes officers off of city streets • Jail population trend • 26% of the jail population currently in MHMR care • Mayors’ Council hosted 2 mental health and law enforcement summits, Sept. 2016 & Aug. 2017 to look at jail and JPS and/or mental health facility alternatives • Call to Action identified a Steering Committee (primarily elected officials) and Stakeholder Committee (area experts) to find a solution

Jail Population Trends (All Inmates) Average population +14. 1% 2015 -2018

Jail Population Trends (MHMR Care Only) Average population +39. 5% 2015 -2018

Purpose To create an integrated delivery system designed to divert mentally ill individuals from the County criminal justice system into an appropriate mental health facility; specifically, to assess the creation of stand-alone, drop-off facilities and/or crisis center(s).

Steering Committee (11 members) • • • County Judge B. Glen Whitley – Tarrant County Commissioner Roy C. Brooks – Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn – Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office Sharen Wilson – Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Judge Brent A. Carr – Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 9 Mayor Jim Griffin – City of Bedford Mayor Pat Jacob – City of Lakeside Councilmember Brian Byrd – City of Fort Worth Councilmember Kathryn Wileman – City of Arlington Chris Ponder – Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office Catherine Olivares – Texas Health Resources

Stakeholder Committee (27 members) Co-facilitators: Ramey Heddins & Patricia Ward • • • • Richard Brooks – Med. Star Mobile Healthcare Chief Michael Brown – City of Euless Police Department Judge Ann Y. Collins – City of Fort Worth Vincent Cruz Jr. – Tarrant County Chief Craig Driskell – Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office Julie Evans – Alliance for Children Chief Jeff Gibson – City of Bedford Police Department Joy Griffin – Texas Health Resources Elizabeth Harrison – Texas Health Resources Chief Billy Earl Keadle – City of Hurst Police Department Tammy Mc. Ghee – Tarrant County Homeless Coalition Chief Tarrick Mc. Guire – Arlington Police Department Kelly Mc. Williams – Tarrant County Homeless Coalition Roderick Miles – Tarrant County, Precinct 1 Monica Safera Nagy – Safe. Haven • • • Chief Steve Niekamp – City of Hurst Police Department • • Scott Rule – JPS Health Network Officer Christina O’Rear – City of Grapevine Police Department Toby Owen – True Worth Place Sgt. Marc Povero – City of Fort Worth Police Department Marvina Robinson – Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office J. Greg Shugart – Tarrant County Criminal Courts Patsy Thomas – Mental Health Connection Julia Webb – NAMI Tarrant County Judge Rainey Webb – Tarrant County Leah White – MHMR Tarrant County Tom Wilder – Tarrant County District Clerk

Next Steps Steering Committee to review data, recommendations (Summer) Steering Committee recommendations to Mayors’ Council (TBD) Mayors’ Council recommendations to Commissioners Court (TBD)

Data Requested • # of calls/incidents • When (time of day, days of the week) • Where (blocks, County trends) • Who (demographics) • Whether Police Assistance Required (i. e. potential criminal activity) Any other data that could be interesting/helpful?

More Information Patricia Ward, Director Housing & Community Development Tarrant County Administrator’s Office 1509 B S. University Dr. , Ste. 276 Fort Worth, TX 76107 817 -850 -7946