Eugene subcommittee approves annual report, weighs new mental‑health tools and programs for police

At a meeting of the Eugene Police Commission subcommittee on law enforcement mental health and wellness, members approved the subcommittee’s annual report and discussed a draft departmental policy and programs aimed at officer mental health and resiliency.

The session included two formal presentations: Sergeant Jacqueline McIntyre summarized takeaways from a regional wellness conference and how Eugene’s peer support and critical‑incident response practices compare to other agencies, and Sergeant Sean McCauley reviewed a draft policy intended to unify existing wellness programs and to add new procedures such as an EMDR‑based acute stress adaptive protocol (ASAP) and consideration of cranial electrotherapy devices (CES/Alpha Stim).

The draft policy is intended to be an umbrella that points to separate procedures for specific programs, including peer‑support resiliency team operations, selection and training, temporary duty assignments for officers showing signs of stress, concussion monitoring after force or injury, and administrative time‑off…