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Alternative Actions <br />While staff is recommending the temporary reassignment of a police sergeant and the <br />hiring of two full-time clinicians and a part-time temporary program assistant (Option 3 in <br />the chart below), other program options exist. Staff is prepared to explore conversations <br />with non-profit clinician -based programs to gauge interest in providing contract clinicians <br />to eliminate the need to hire two full-time employees. Staff anticipates the costs <br />identified below will be sufficient for external contract providers. Either program model <br />will require the reassignment of a police sergeant for program implementation and <br />evaluation. <br />Staffing options for consideration are as follows: <br />Table 5: Programmatic Personnel Options <br />Option <br />Added Personnel <br />2 Year Staffing Cost <br />1 <br />(1) Sergeant <br />$1,744,580 <br />(1) Officer <br />(2) Clinicians <br />2 <br />(1) Sergeant <br />$1,411,934 <br />(2) Clinicians <br />(1) Program Assistant <br />P/T Tem p <br />3 <br />(2) Clinicians <br />$801,940 <br />(1) Program Assistant <br />P/T Temp <br />4 <br />(2) Contract Clinicians <br />$772,593 <br />(1) Program Assistant <br />P/T Temp <br />Success Criteria <br />With the enactment of the program, a successful overall reduction in the number of <br />uniformed law enforcement officers responding to persons experiencing mental health <br />crisis and/or homelessness is anticipated. The deployment of a mental health clinician <br />and other trained personnel will address individual mental health needs and respond to <br />the community's feedback and interest to reimagine the role of policing in response to <br />those in crisis. <br />The effectiveness of the MHRP will be determined by a reduction in the number of <br />uniformed police officers responding to non-violent calls for service, an overall reduction <br />in the number of total 5150 W&I applications in all age groups and a notable reduction <br />in return responses for the same individual. <br />Further evaluation of the MHRP and the collaboration with Axis Community Health will <br />include documenting multiple crisis responses. Success will be assessed by reviewing <br />cases for return calls for service in which clients were initially contacted by MHRP <br />members and then forwarded to Axis Community Health for case management. Another <br />Page 9 of 11 <br />