To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Tyler Brown, Sheriff
Prepared By:
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Captain Kevin Heaton, Support Services Bureau, Sheriff's Office
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Presenters: Captain Kevin Heaton, Support Services Bureau, Sheriff's Office
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Subject:
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2:30 PM *Approval to Apply for the Fines Committee Grant
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Purpose and Request:
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office is interested in applying for the 2024-2025 Fines Committee Grant offered through Colorado Competency Solutions. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office requests the Board of County Commissioners to authorize the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office to apply for and accept funds from the Fines Committee Grant.
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Background and Discussion: The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office's (ACSO) goal is to find a more efficient and effective way to connect frequent 911 callers in need of mental health and/or co-occurring disorder services to local providers. Currently calls for service involving co-responders are tracked manually on a spreadsheet and provided quarterly to the Public Safety Bureau Chief. The proposed software will help ACSO quickly and seamlessly identify those in need.
The ACSO averages approximately 2,400 calls for service in Arapahoe County involving persons with mental health and/or related co-occurring conditions, such as substance use disorders over the past three years. Identifying behavioral health cases faster will enable critical resources to reach the individual in need sooner. Currently, deputies manually search, extract, and combine data to create a consolidated report. If awarded, ACSO plans to use the grant funding to purchase a one-year subscription for a new data analytical software program that specializes in this type of need. The software will help the Sheriff's Office collect and analyze new data that will be shared with dispatch and deputies in the field. This will enable dispatch to send needed assistance more efficiently and...
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