Bank robbery, arrest
made
On Monday afternoon
officers responded to 2 Harvard St for a report of a bank robbery. The
suspect was described as a white male, approximately 30 years old, thin build,
unshaven, wearing a green jacket with dark hair and wearing dark sunglasses. A
note was passed to the teller. The suspect was last seen in the area
of Kent St. Several units searched the area but were unable to
locate the suspect. After further investigation with the information gathered
the Brookline Police were able to request an arrest warrant for the Robbery
suspect. The subject was located in Boston on 1-31-17. Today the subject was
arraigned in Brookline District Court.
Here is an over view of
our Crisis Intervention team.
Over the past few years
the Brookline Police Department has been focused on better addressing the needs
of some of the most vulnerable members of our community, that is, individuals
and family members who are struggling with mental illness. In an
effort to increase our levels of understanding and compassion, the entire
Department, including our Public Safety Dispatchers, has received eight hours
of training in Mental Health First Aid. Since this
initial training, 53 officers have volunteered to join the Department’s Crisis
Intervention Team, an integrated unit specially trained to respond to
individuals with acute mental health needs. The forty
additional hours of training that each of these officers have received focused
on recognition of mental illness, de-escalation techniques and the benefits of
follow-up care, and while the national model suggests that a successful CIT
program will have trained 20- 25% of its officers, the Brookline Police
Department is proud to announce that over 43% of our officers have voluntarily
participated in this training as of January, 2017.
Our CIT is a true
community partnership, whose primary objective is to promote communication and
enhance the response of public and private agencies when summoned to intervene
with individuals who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled, struggling
with substance abuse or experiencing trauma in their lives. Our
community partners include DMH, NAMI Massachusetts, The Brookline Community
Mental Health Center, BEST (Boston Emergency Services Team), Brookline District
Court, Brookline Council on Aging, Brookline School Department, Brookline
Housing Authority, The Office of Veterans Affairs, Bournewood Hospital and
Arbor-HRI.
To learn more about the
CIT program, or to find out about an upcoming Community Stakeholder Meeting,
please contact Sgt. Chris Malinn at (617) 730-2240 or Sgt. Jennifer
Paster at (617) 264-6437.
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