Tucson Police Department
At A Glance
Total number of agency personnel: 1,250
Sworn: 850
Civilian: 400
Total population served: 600,000
Jurisdiction: Tucson, Arizona
Program Highlights
- Mental Health Support Team (MHST)
- Co-responder program pairs MHST officers with mental health clinicians
- Proactively and compassionately connects people who have mental health needs to services before, during, and after a crisis
- Robust Crisis Intervention Team training program
- Collaborative program focused on people who frequently use multiple systems
- Crisis Mobile Teams
- Work in tandem with the crisis line to provide continuous access to services
- Collaborative response with law enforcement
- Crisis Response Center
- Provides 24/7 emergency psychiatric and substance addiction treatment services for both adults and youth
- 911 Public Safety Access Point
- Warm line 911 call transfers
- Embedded crisis line workers in public safety answering point
- Multi-tiered training is open to all levels of law enforcement, mental health workers, call takers and dispatchers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and firefighters. Training includes:
- Mental Health First Aid and basic crisis mitigation and management training for all officers; training is also open to the community
- Crisis Intervention Team training for officers on a voluntary basis
- Advanced training for specialized units including MHST and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Negotiators
Contacts
Sergeant Jason Winsky
270 South Stone Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 837-7988
Jason.Winsky@tucsonaz.gov
Taylor Miranda, MPA
Program Development
Connections Health Solutions
2802 E District St, Tucson, AZ 85714
520-248-8211
taylor.miranda@connectionshs.com