Community Crisis Assistance Team Pilot
Consultation has concluded
On May 1, 2021, the Bellevue Police Department, in partnership with Bellevue Fire Department, launched the Community Crisis Assistance Team (CCAT). CCAT completed a four-month pilot program that began May 1st and ended August 31, 2021. An independent program evaluator conducted an academic analysis of the pilot program. This evaluation analyzed not only statistical data about the work of CCAT but also included personal interviews of individuals that CCAT served. A copy of this report can be found here. Bellevue Police and Bellevue Fire are now requesting additional community feedback on this pilot program.
On May 1, 2021, the Bellevue Police Department, in partnership with Bellevue Fire Department, launched the Community Crisis Assistance Team (CCAT). CCAT completed a four-month pilot program that began May 1st and ended August 31, 2021. An independent program evaluator conducted an academic analysis of the pilot program. This evaluation analyzed not only statistical data about the work of CCAT but also included personal interviews of individuals that CCAT served. A copy of this report can be found here. Bellevue Police and Bellevue Fire are now requesting additional community feedback on this pilot program.
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over 2 years agoThe Bellevue Police Department is now soliciting collecting community feedback about the CCAT pilot program as part of our public engagement process. This feedback will help guide us as we create possible future services that will be well informed by research and the community’s values and expectations.
4 strong cityabout 2 years agoThis pilot was incredibly impressive, and the report was informative. Please continue to fund this sort of program
Excellent program
0 comment3mdmabout 2 years agoPermanently adopt and expand the CCAT program in Bellevue
The pilot program clearly demonstrated the immense benefits that CCAT teams provided to the clients engaged with, and to the Bellevue community at large, even within its limited 4 month trial. The city of Bellevue should fund the CCAT program to be staffed 24/7, transfer and train more Patrol officers who volunteer for the program, and transfer funding to MHPs and BFD CARES staff to support. CCAT could be a model for the future of all Patrol in the city of Bellevue, and the nation.
0 comment3Miraabout 2 years agoQuestions to Consider
These are mostly phrased as questions that I hope can be considered when codifying policy: What is the criteria required for 911 dispatch to be able to send a call to CCAT? Is CCAT staffed and equipped to respond to high priority calls with weapons involved? Are the mental health professionals willing or allowed to respond to said high priority calls? What is the average timeline when a uniformed officer calls for mental health professionals to respond? In regards to consulting local stakeholders, does CCAT have a resources beyond mental health first aid and pamphlets? Can they assist in getting people in more permanent housing or treatment situations, or at least, can they assist in assigning someone a social worker? What is CCAT’s follow-up capabilities?
0 comment1DDFabout 2 years agoHelp the homeless not the drug addicts
Been helping a homeless late 70s women who's been in contact with the cares team for over a year. She was going to get housing and a cell phone, but was told since she's too independent she was put on the end of the list for help. To independent??? An elderly lady who's been living in her car. The bellevue cares team help those who are needing their next fix. The cares team really needs training on who's manipulating them and who really needs help. All I have seen is them helping drugs, give them money, help with their vehicles ect. But yet a elderly women gets to stay living in her car during the snow and winter. We helped her out with her car mechanical issues, put her in a hotel last summer when it was in thr 100s, so she didn't have to stay in her car that has no AC. The focus of the cares team is in the wrong direction. How about let's really help the people who really need it, not the addicts who take and take. Education is what is needed for the cares team. The bellevue city tax payers are paying to aid the drug addicts and make our current situation worse.
0 comment0BGabout 2 years agoA Much Needed Program
I think a program like this has been a long time in coming and is money well spent. The cost of the program can not come close to the amount it will save in the long run, not to mention the good it will do. So many 911 calls are just not within the scope of what Fire or Police are trained to do. This program provides a way to help some of those who need something other than what 911 has traditionally been able to provide.
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Who's Listening
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Chief of Police
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Phone 425-452-4347 Email apopochock@bellevuewa.gov
Timeline
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Completed
Community Crisis Assistance Team Pilot has finished this stageMay 1 - August 31, 2021
- CCAT Trial
December 6, 2021
- Report to Council
February 2022
- Final Report
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Next Steps
Community Crisis Assistance Team Pilot is currently at this stageMarch 2022
- Community Input
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