1st National CIT Conference
May 11-12, 2005
Greater Columbus Convention Center
400 N. High St. Columbus, OH

Day 1 – May 11, 2005

7:30 – 9:00 am Registration Opens (Ballroom 4 & 5)

9:00 – 9:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Mark Munetz, The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence, Clinical Director, Summit ADAMHS Board
Lt. Michael Woody (Ret.), The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence, Law Enforcement Liaison, Summit ADAMHS Board

9:30 – 10:30 am Plenary Session – “The State of CIT”

Major Sam Cochran, Memphis Police Department
Dr. Randolph Dupont, University of Memphis

10:45 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops A

Track 1 – Starting a CIT Program

A1:

Chicago, Illinois – “Development and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of CIT in a Large Urban City”

A2:

Fort Wayne, Indiana – “Hospitalization of Incarceration: Law Enforcement’s Response to Consumers in Crisis”
Detroit, Michigan – “Beginning with a Co-Responder Model: Frontrunner to the CIT”

A3:

Augusta, Maine – “CIT in Rural Maine”
Georgetown, Ohio – “A Shotgun Wedding in a Rural Community”
Athens, Ohio – “Southeast Ohio CIT Project”

Track 2 – Improving Your CIT Program

A4:

Albuquerque, New Mexico – “Albuquerque Police Department CIT Detective Unit: How and Why and Future Plans”

A5:

Delray Beach, Florida – “CIT & Mobile Crisis Teams Working Together”
Akron, Ohio – “CIT Outreach Program”
Akron, Ohio – “Establishing CIT in Higher Education”

A6:

The Council of State Governments – “Core Elements of CIT”
Memphis, Tennessee – “Finding the Best CIT Practices Across the Country”

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch and Keynote Presentation – “Changing Approaches to Mental Illness”

Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, The Supreme Court of Ohio
Frederick J. Frese III, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine

1:15 – 2:30 pm Concurrent Workshops B

Track 1 – Starting a CIT Program

B1:

St. Louis, Missouri – “CIT Development and Implementation: The Challenges of a Diversified Metropolitan Area”

B2:

Reno, Nevada – “Community Strategies for the Support of a CIT Program”

B3:

Akron, Ohio – “Instructing CIT: What the Officer Needs to Know”
Findlay, Ohio – “Strengthening Your CIT – Exercises in Officer Intervention Skills Building”

Track 2 – Improving Your CIT Program

B4:

Denver, Colorado – “CITAP: Crisis Intervention Team Aftercare Partnership”

B5:

Kansas City, Missouri – “How to Evaluate a CIT Program”
Kent, Ohio – “Police Perspectives on Responding to Mentally Ill People in Crisis”

B6:

Rochester, New York – “Emotionally Disturbed Persons Response Team”
White Marsh, Maryland – “Partnerships and Systems Integration: A Targeted Mental Health & Law Enforcement Response”

2:45 – 4:00 pm Concurrent Workshops C

Track 1 – Starting a CIT Program

C1:

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “CIT Training from the Consumers’ Perspective”

C2:

Baltimore, Maryland – “Starting a CIT Program: The Behavioral Emergency Services Team”

C3:

Ann Arbor, Michigan – “After Police Training: What’s next?”

Track 2 – Improving Your CIT Program

C4:

Orlando, Florida – “Developing CIT Across Communities: Building Consensus and Addressing Challenges to Maintaining Fidelity to the Memphis Model”

C5:

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – “Suicide by Cop: Victim Precipitated Homicide”

C6:

Radford, Virginia – “Implementing CIT in a Multi-Jurisdictional Rural Setting”
Augusta, Maine – “Adapting CIT to Corrections: The Androscoggin County Jail Program”

4:15 – 5:15 pm Plenary Session

TAPA Center for Jail Diversion – “CIT as Crisis Response or Jail Diversion? Implications for Treatment Systems & Jails”

6:30 pm Awards Dinner

Day 2 – May 12, 2005

CIT Conference participants will join the Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System Conference participants for joint sessions and lunch on May 12.

9:00 – 9:30 am Welcome

Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, The Supreme Court of Ohio
Dean Jack A. Guttenberg, Capital University Law School
Executive Director Terry Russell, NAMI Ohio

9:30 – 10:30 am Plenary Session – National Perspective on Mental Illness and the Courts

Director Domingo S. Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance (invited)
Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Chair, Presidential Freedom Commission on Mental Health

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break

11:00 – 12:00 pm CIT and Mental Health Court Panel Presentation

Dr. Mark Munetz, The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence, Clinical Director, Summit ADAMHS Board
Lt. Michael Woody (Ret.), The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence, Law Enforcement Liaison, Summit ADAMHS Board
Judge Joyce Ann Campbell, Fairfield Municipal Court (Ohio)
Judge Mark Speiser, Felony Mental Health Court & Chair of the Mental Health/Criminal Justice Task Force (Florida)
Officer Scott Russell, Ft Lauderdale Police Dept
Vince Tramburelli, Henderson Mental Health Center (Florida)
Norma Wagner, Broward County Regional Health Planning Council/ Area CIT Organizer (Florida)

12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch and Panel Presentation - The Family and Consumer Perspective on Interaction with Law Enforcement During a Crisis

Panelists – Risdon N. Slate, Ph.D, NAMI National Board of Directors; Fred Frese, Ph.D., NAMI National Board of Directors; Jim Dailey, Treasurer, NAMI National Board of Directors; Eileen White, Consumer Council, NAMI National Board of Directors

Moderator – Gloria Walker, NAMI National Board of Directors

1:15 – 1:30 pm Break

1:30 – 3:00 pm Concurrent Workshops D

D1:

National NAMI – “The Essentials of Developing Advocacy Strategies for Planning & Implementing CIT Collaborations”

D2:

Radford, Virginia – “Adapting the Memphis CIT Model to a Multi-jurisdictional Rural Region”

D3:

Colorado – “CIT as a Statewide Initiative: One State’s Experience, Outcomes and Results”
Ohio – “CIT as a Statewide Initiative”
Illinois – “Implementing a Statewide CIT Initiative”
(Moderated by the Council of State Governments)

D4:

Mental Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment Basics
Kathryn A. Burns, MD, MPH

D5:

Mental Health Court Rewards & Sanctions
Judge Richard Wallar, Hocking County Municipal Court (Ohio)
Judge Jennifer Brunner, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas (Ohio)
Judge Mark Speiser, Felony Mental Health Court & Chair of the Mental Health/Criminal Justice Task Force (Florida)

D6:

Grants, Funding & Technical Assistance
Michael Guerrier, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Carla Daniels, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Janice Bogner, Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Council for State Governments (invited)
Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (invited)

D7:

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability (MRDD) Issues in the Court Setting

3:00 – 3:30 pm Networking Break

3:30 – 5:00 pm Concurrent Workshops E

E1:

Kansas City, Missouri – “MACIT Council: Strengthening Community Partnerships”

E2:

Naugatuck, Connecticut – “Court Supported Inter-Agency Oversight Projects”

E3:

National CIT Organization Meeting – “Implementing CIT Collaborations” (by invitation only)

E4:

Service Issues – Housing, Employment and Medicaid

E5:

Ethical and Communication Issues – Confidentiality and Ex Parte Communications
Judge Steven Williams, Fairfield County Probate/Juvenile Court (Ohio)
Judge Joyce Ann Campbell, Fairfield Municipal Court (Ohio)
Heather Felerski, Esq.
Moderator: Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, The Supreme Court of Ohio

E6:

Mental Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment Basics (repeat)

E7:

Mental Health Court Rewards & Sanctions (repeat)

E8:

Grants, Funding & Technical Assistance (repeat)