Clear Creek County leaders will work toward creating a crisis response team following the June police killing of a 22-year-old Boulder man experiencing a mental health emergency, the county sheriff announced Wednesday.
The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office will work with county commissioners to create the team, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office, though details on how the team will function remain slim. Crisis response teams are specially trained to respond to calls involving people who may be experiencing mental health problems.
Glass would still be alive had Clear Creek County operated a crisis response team in June, said attorney Siddhartha Rathod, who is representing Glass’s parents. County leaders failed to create such a team despite the recommendation of a 2020 grand jury that they seek more resources to help police work with people with mental illness, he said.
Marlin said he didn’t know how long it would take to stand up a crisis response team, but that it should be a priority for the county.Clear Creek county leaders have considered creating a crisis response team for several years but failed to do so, according to. Law enforcement and commissioners discussed potential models during the meeting.
A grand jury that convened in 2020 to evaluate a police shooting of a man suffering from mental illness recommended that Clear Creek County officials provide law enforcement with new resources for working with people with mental health needs. Idaho Springs police knew Patterson suffered from psychiatric illnesses through previous interactions, according to the grand jury, but police did not make any referrals to mental health services.and needlessly rushed to break the car window despite the fact that Glass hadn’t committed a crime.
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