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Minutes approval
Councilmember Richard moved to approve the minutes for Oct. 9, 2024; a second was recorded and the committee approved the motion by voice vote.

Co-responder interlocal (recommended to council)
The committee recommended city council approval of the interlocal with Johnson County Mental Health Center for co‑responder services (four years with a one‑year renewal option). The committee discussion and vote are summarized in the separate article on the co-responder program. Motion by Councilmember Richard; second not specified. Approved by voice vote.

Express-lane ordinance (TC-3481)
Senior Assistant City Attorney Eric Blevins presented ordinance TC‑3481, which the Kansas Department of Transportation requested the city adopt to support enforcement when the US‑69 express/toll-lane project opens. The ordinance creates a local violation for crossing the double white line that will separate toll (express) lanes from non‑toll lanes, authorizing Overland Park officers to issue citations for crossing the double white line. Blevins said KDOT will also use camera technology to capture license plates and send toll notices if drivers attempt to avoid paying tolls.

Blevins and committee members clarified enforcement mechanics: because the state currently lacks a directly equivalent statute for express-lane crossings, the city ordinance provides a local enforcement tool; if a state statute later authorizes an equivalent moving violation, the classification could change. In the ordinance’s early rollout, Blevins said officers are expected to emphasize warnings and public education as the express lanes open. A motion to pass ordinance TC‑3481 was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

The committee closed the meeting after the vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Overland Park - Public Safety Committee - Mar 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved three items by voice vote: approval of prior meeting minutes, a recommendation to council to approve the co‑responder interlocal agreement, and passage of ordinance TC‑3481 to authorize citations for crossing double white lines demarcating express toll lanes.","taxTitle","Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas","taxId",4679,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6637471,"Overland Park Fire Department cites strong cardiac arrest survival, plans Narcan leave‑behind and expanded AED outreach",602,52000,654000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2586546-6a3d8bca387785a8862fe8fa995e66f4&start=52&end=654","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2586546-6a3d8bca387785a8862fe8fa995e66f4/thumbnail_52000.jpg","/articles/6637471/Overland-Park/Johnson-County/Kansas/Overland-Park-Fire-Department-cites-strong-cardiac-arrest-survival-plans-Narcan-leavebehind-and-expanded-AED-outreach","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6637471-c324c204bcf2d938a92d7ca788b7bca1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150885&Signature=grcHG1Zmm7Tp3dx2An1baMr3XEfxgDYml-cptXzfqdQ8LLLbW~2EgZlTuUZmAsfjp4yL4121kKvPZ-dvPF0BRZqZT2Jl69wd0xoX714Ip-MPNnBMZmrAavW86yrxuv4Lcsqbx7kuyn3AUe2fdtOv-S28RaDd-MZt7iONZmeQdocItDSA6mZ9mxXS8TFIfsra3aGgK16~7-6lc7Iozzg7feE3d109XZNNpTl6~PfXUwBk3PqCrtx520vbgTv6oeHJuXvWBH1hc~QbHXe6uuR9uZX0GP7~U~KWixOL6T1GU4810sdZRr1lmLv5UUwV32J83UHO41DHJiMOj8KKsurmAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chief Angela Caruso Yaney briefed the Public Safety Committee on Overland Park Fire Department emergency medical services operations, saying the department handles roughly 20,000 emergency responses annually and that approximately 80% of those calls are medical incidents.

\"We exist to help people,\" Chief Yaney said, and she described the department’s provider structure: firefighters are certified as EMTs, some personnel hold dual firefighter-paramedic roles, and medical direction and protocol oversight come from the department’s medical director, Dr. Brian Bieber.

Yaney said the department benchmarks cardiac-arrest survival using the Utstein standard through the CARES registry to allow an apples-to-apples national comparison. She reported national Utstein survival averages of about 31% overall and 36% when a bystander intervenes. In contrast, Overland Park’s Utstein figures for 2023 exceed 60%, and preliminary 2024 numbers are reportedly similar. \"We can see that there are some areas where we very clearly excel,\" Yaney said.

Yaney highlighted public intervention rates and gaps: about 73% of the time bystanders provide CPR here, a rate she described as \"very good,\" while public use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) remains very low and \"didn't even qualify for a percentage point\" in their summary data. The department plans to increase community hands-only CPR and AED awareness and to encourage businesses and property owners to register AEDs in the local PulsePoint and ECC registries.

On overdose response, Yaney described a recently authorized leave-behind Narcan program. She said state licensure language previously prevented EMS clinicians from dispensing or prescribing Narcan, though paramedics may administer it; the prohibition was removed through a legislative process and the department’s medical director has drafted a protocol. Yaney said education for crews will begin next month and that she expects staff to begin leaving Narcan with at‑risk persons in two to three months. The department will provide Johnson County–produced informational cards in English and Spanish with medication and resource referrals.

Yaney also announced the implementation of a video laryngoscope program across battalion chiefs and response vehicles, which she described as \"truly the highest standard of airway care prehospital in the U.S. right now.\" She said the tool improves the department’s capacity to manage difficult airways in the field.

Committee members asked about AED location data and public hesitancy to use AEDs; Yaney pointed to PulsePoint and the emergency communications center (ECC) registry as primary sources and described outreach via hands-only CPR training to reduce liability concerns and encourage AED use. A committee member suggested contacting state lawmakers about maintaining National Fire Academy programs after staff reductions were announced; the chiefs said they were coordinating with regional partners and universities to continue training opportunities.

No formal vote was required for the information item.","Fire department officials told the Public Safety Committee they use Utstein/CARES benchmarking and reported cardiac arrest survival notably above national averages; the department will begin a leave‑behind Narcan program in the coming months and has implemented video laryngoscope airway equipment.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6637476,"Council committee approves 4-year interlocal to continue Johnson County co-responder program in Overland Park",1477,1663000,3140000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2586546-6a3d8bca387785a8862fe8fa995e66f4&start=1663&end=3140","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2586546-6a3d8bca387785a8862fe8fa995e66f4/thumbnail_1663000.jpg","/articles/6637476/Overland-Park/Johnson-County/Kansas/Council-committee-approves-4-year-interlocal-to-continue-Johnson-County-co-responder-program-in-Overland-Park","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6637476-9dc75125414ddf3d33f67fbb0621c68b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150885&Signature=W4eZhN9OElaJjg~St637IqhRTfj34pSNkuk5I12toKW7CiCEaE6yypSUTLB~B6jpeQeRNUqqkQYCMArxja~UYmRTrVRIWT~MeIPKamK991ktQNBYgfyToiOBwQt7EYQeBoRdex8Zbnbm6KHMaZ8K8wC3evg884UihZsllUwppOg4pRoKghVJKQqC3kQ9edTOQy4WT9zWMQ3UVCvVyy4nYP3U5EB0Uzy9AttgEO~yKeOZ3hXpTC-DNAsfFSjrN9UN1PTf3w5Xm0H1t0KPIGYcWDYSQpFgNRltvbn3mC7hRBwqjFCL6mSh0WjQ4tU0KfRA59qCR4FGpxIZlfT-pnVU0g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Safety Committee voted to recommend city council approval of a four-year interlocal service agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas, by and through the Johnson County Mental Health Center to continue co-responder services embedded in Overland Park Police Department operations.

Captain Otero, who presented the item for the police department, told the committee the city began a co-responder partnership in 2014 and has expanded the embedded clinician team in Overland Park from one to six clinicians. \"The expertise provided from the correspondents is invaluable,\" Otero said, describing clinicians' roles responding to mental and behavioral health calls and providing in‑service training to officers.

Jessica Murphy, deputy division director of emergency services at the Johnson County Mental Health Center, provided program data and operational detail. She said co-responders in Overland Park responded to about 1,475 911 calls in 2024, completed 2,886 phone outreach contacts and 624 in-person follow-ups, and recorded nearly 7,500 total interventions countywide attributed to the co-responder program during the year. Murphy said the team documented roughly 296 repeat contacts and cited 230 calls in which the co-responder intervention prevented transport to an emergency room.

Murphy described clinicians as master’s-level, licensed mental health professionals who are Johnson County Mental Health Center employees but are paid for and housed within the Overland Park Police Department. She said the interlocal agreement was updated to reflect the program’s expanded size, to add required insurance provisions, and to remove outdated references to equipment no longer used (for example, portable GPS units). The contract term is four years with a one-year renewal option.

Committee members asked about coverage and capacity. Murphy said the program currently has one vacancy (a Sunday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. position) and limited overnight coverage between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. She described busiest periods as evenings, with Wednesdays being the single highest-volume day; when fully staffed the department schedules multiple co-responders to match that demand. Murphy said Johnson County also maintains a mobile crisis team and a crisis line that can provide support when embedded clinicians are occupied.

Captain Otero and Murphy also described specialty outreach the team provides, including condolence and follow-up contacts after suicide fatalities and overdose deaths, firearm-safety interventions (distributing biometric firearm safes obtained via grant), and outreach to family members and witnesses after traumatic calls. Murphy emphasized that many outreach contacts are intended to prevent repeat crises and to connect people with community resources rather than defaulting to emergency-room transport.

Councilmember Richard made the motion recommending city council approval. The motion was seconded; the committee approved it by voice vote.

The committee discussion emphasized the program’s role in reducing emergency-room transports and freeing officers for other calls. Multiple committee members expressed support for expanding coverage if staffing gaps persist.","The committee approved a four-year interlocal agreement (with a one-year renewal option) with the Johnson County Mental Health Center to continue embedding mental-health clinicians inside Overland Park Police operations; presenters said the co-responder team handled more than 1,400 911 responses in 2024 and nearly 7,500 total interventions.","actionData","errors"]

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