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Police report: incident statistics, hiring, auxiliary call and MOU for mental-health services
Summary
Police Chief Calvin Williams reported recent department statistics, hiring progress for new officers and an MOU with May Dugan Center to provide limited mental-health referrals for Richmond Heights residents beginning in June.
Richmond Heights Police Chief Calvin Williams briefed council on April 8 with department statistics, hiring updates and a new memorandum of understanding to connect residents to external mental-health services.
Williams told the council the department responded to 61 incidents over the prior two weeks, including parking infractions, traffic citations and arrests, and said the department is progressing through hiring for vacant posts and auxiliary officers. He noted an ongoing process to expand auxiliary ranks and encouraged resident referrals.
On behavioral-health services, Chief Williams said the city has entered into a memorandum of understanding with May Dugan Center (a Cleveland-based mental health services provider) to provide a soft-launch set of services for Richmond Heights residents at no charge. Williams said the MOU would begin in June and run through October, and would include up to five referrals per month for Richmond Heights residents to receive services from May Dugan; he said the arrangement is a “soft launch” and will be free of charge to residents initially.
Williams also updated council on street-light assessments and a plan to develop cost estimates for street-by-street lighting improvements. He thanked council for passage of the Volcanic Bikes resolution and noted training and certification dates in May for bicycle patrol use.
Ending
Williams closed by inviting questions and repeated a request for assistance recruiting auxiliary officers.
