Ireland Plans To Duplicate Framingham’s Jail Diversion Policing Model; Chiefs Speak at Symposium in Limerick

FRAMINGHAM – In November 2021, Superintendent Andrew Lacey arrived to Massachusetts from Eire to perform a journey alongside with the Framingham Police to see its jail diversion / co-reaction model in action, reported Framingham Deputy Police Main Sean Riley.

“He put in time asking thoughts and finding a first hand appear at how we work with embedded clinicians the earlier 19 decades,”said Deputy Main Riley.

As a result of that pay a visit to, the funding associates, the Irish Exploration Council and the Policing Authority introduced Framingham Police Chief Lester Baker and Deputy Main Riley to Limerick, Eire to current on Framingham’s co-reaction model along with Dr. Sarah Abbott who was instrumental in starting up the Framingham plan practically 18 decades.  

The roundtable symposium occasion was held on Thursday, April 21, at the Glucksman Library at the College of Limerick in Ireland.

In 2003, Framingham Police and Advocates developed the Framingham Jail Diversion software.

The system was made to react to police officers’ fears about calls involving individuals with psychological disease in the community.

Jail Diversion Plan clinicians guide the law enforcement in responding to these calls, to start with, by encouraging to de-escalate people who current in psychiatric disaster and second, by offering additional aid with regard to evaluation, referral, and placement.

The software provides police officers speedy entry to trained in-property clinicians for on scene responses, stick to up care and circumstance consultation.

By providing substitute disposition options for law enforcement, these jail diversion clinicians facilitate accessibility to therapeutic placements for individuals with psychological ailment who are committing lower degree offenses compared to an arrest.

With enter from the jail diversion clinician, police no more time have to shoulder the stress of building selections without having all the appropriate facts or resources at their disposal.

In 2003, then Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney recognized the system at the point out residence.

Now, Ireland would like to replicate the system.

The April 21 party was funded by the Irish Exploration Council (IRC) and the Policing Authority under the New Foundations awards scheme which delivers scientists and community companies with each other to collaborate on tasks that will have a tangible impact on societal and neighborhood challenges, in accordance to a push release.

The attendees from Eire were being dealt with by Minister of Point out for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler TD and Minister of Condition at the Division of Even more and Increased Training, Research, Innovation and Science Niall Collins TD. Superintendent Andrew Lacey who is the implementation team chief for Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) and Neighborhood Basic safety Co-Response Design arranged the celebration as the analysis awardee with the Irish Investigate Council.

The Garda (Irish Law enforcement) will be conducting a pilot co-response model in the Limerick, Ireland Division with the hope of sooner or later building the software a region-large initiative.

“We collaborated and presented with Toronto Law enforcement, Police Scotland, as nicely as Law enforcement Services of Northern Eire (PSNI). We performed our displays in the early morning followed up by a roundtable dialogue,” explained Deputy Chief Riley

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