PMHC programs support law enforcement agencies around the country in planning and implementing effective public safety responses to people who have mental illnesses.
Law enforcement agencies have used police-mental health collaboration (PMHC) programs to help officers safely and effectively respond to calls for service involving people with mental illnesses for decades.
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) launched an online toolkit in partnership with the CSG Justice Center that supports law enforcement agencies around the country in planning and implementing effective public-safety responses to people who have mental illnesses.
The PMHC Toolkit outlines the overall benefits of PMHC programs in five sections: learning about PMHC programs; planning and implementing; training; managing; and measuring.
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Key Staff
Terence Lynn
Deputy Division Director, Law Enforcement, Behavioral Health
Terence
Lynn
leads
the
organization’s
law
enforcement
portfolio,
which
focuses
on
the
intersection
between
public
safety
agencies,
criminal
justice,
and
behavioral
health
services.
Before
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
Terence
served
as
the
dean
of
Business
and
Criminal
Justice
at
...
Raritan
Valley
Community
College
in
New
Jersey.
Prior,
he
was
the
senior
director
of
the
Division
of
Professional
Studies
at
The
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice,
where
he
was
responsible
for
all
contracted
training
and
technical
advising
with
the
City
of
New
York
Police
Department
(NYPD)
and
was
one
of
the
principal
architects
and
instructors
for
its
Crisis
Intervention
Team
(CIT)
pilot
program.
He
also
served
as
the
head
of
the
police
training
academy
in
upstate
New
York
operated
by
John
Jay.
In
addition,
Terence
has
also
advised
on
a
range
of
police-mental
health
collaboration
(PMHC)
response
models
in
communities
throughout
New
York
and
has
served
as
a
police
officer
with
the
New
Hampshire
and
Massachusetts
state
police
forces.
Terence
holds
a
CAGS
degree
in
counseling
and
human
relations
and
a
MEd
in
psychology
and
is
a
certified
CIT
coordinator
by
CIT
International.
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Allison Upton
Project Manager, Behavioral Health
Allison
Upton
provides
technical
assistance
to
grantees
and
supports
policy
development
and
projects
specializing
in
the
intersection
of
criminal
justice
and
behavioral
health
issues.
Prior
to
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
Allison
worked
at
the
Center
for
Alternative
Sentencing
and
...
Employment
Services
(CASES)
as
the
Director
of
Court
Programs,
where
she
oversaw
the
court
and
community
operations
of
several
alternative-to-incarceration
(ATI)
and
detention
programs
serving
adults
with
behavioral
health
needs
in
New
York
County.
While
at
CASES,
she
developed
a
gender-specific
track
of
ATI
services
for
women
involved
with
the
justice
system
and
provided
training
on
evidence-based
practices
in
screening/assessment
in
justice
settings,
gender-responsive
recidivism
risk
assessment,
trauma-informed
case
management
practices,
and
cognitive-behavioral
group
interventions
aimed
at
minimizing
risk
of
recidivism.
Allison
previously
worked
as
a
staff
psychologist
in
inpatient
services
at
the
Manhattan
Psychiatric
Center
and
as
the
director
of
an
outpatient
programs
at
the
Bronx
Children's
Psychiatric
Center.
She
received
her
BA
from
the
University
of
Miami
and
her
MS
and
PsyD
in
clinical
psychology
from
Nova
Southeastern
University.
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Laura Fabius
Policy Analyst, Behavioral Health
Laura
Fabius
works
with
the
law
enforcement
team,
providing
technical
assistance
to
Justice
and
Mental
Health
Collaboration
Program
(JMHCP)
grantees
and
learning
sites.
Prior
to
joining
CSG
Justice
Center,
Laura
worked
for
the
Montgomery
County
Pre-Release
Center
as
a
correctional
...
program
specialist,
where
she
assessed
the
capabilities
of
people
who
were
incarcerated
and
developed
community
relationships
to
secure
employment
opportunities
for
this
population
after
they
reentered
their
communities.
She
has
also
served
as
a
correctional
specialist
in
a
detention
center
in
Anne
Arundel
County,
where
she
helped
manage
programming
for
its
incarcerated
population.
Laura
has
a
BA
in
psychology
and
sociology
and
an
MS
in
criminal
justice
with
a
concentration
in
forensic
psychology
and
crime
analysis
from
the
University
of
Hartford.
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