{"id":16090,"date":"2022-08-17T18:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/report-indio-police-struggle-to-respond-to-homeless-people-with-mental-health-issues\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:18:20","slug":"report-indio-police-struggle-to-respond-to-homeless-people-with-mental-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=16090","title":{"rendered":"Report: Indio police struggle to &#8216;respond to homeless people with mental health issues&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The Indio Police Department has made strides over the years in responding to calls about homelessness throughout the community and directing them to resources, but challenges remain, according to a newly released publication. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indio.org\/civicax\/filebank\/blobdload.aspx?blobid=33363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report from the ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, quality of life officers are often paired when responding to calls and &#8220;are not trained to respond to certain mental health situations.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He also states that &#8220;having the mental health practitioner driving with them helped, but unfortunately IPD needs to hire a new physician to provide this resource.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report also found that &#8220;even with these challenges, there is strong evidence that Housing First programs that focus on providing (but not requiring) services can reduce homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Background of CORP<br \/>With these longstanding concerns about homelessness in mind, the CORP program began<br \/>2015 to address issues of chronic homelessness.  The program adopted and continues to adopt a two-pronged approach to homelessness.  The first point involved the assignment of two Indian policemen<br \/>Departmental Officers (IPD) to work full-time on homelessness and quality of life issues (now<br \/>three officers, using funding from this grant).  The grant also provided funding for a mental<br \/>health practitioner to work directly with QOL officers.  The doctor began to work with him<br \/>team in 2019, but has since left due to a new position.  At the time of this report, IPD was<br \/>working with the county to bring on a new doctor.  We describe the work of these qualities of<br \/>quality of life (QOL) more in our IPD results section.<\/p>\n<p>ASU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/p>\n<p>Tune into News Channel 3 tonight at 6:00 PM to hear how IPD plans to address the deficiencies found in the report and how it plans to continue to strengthen the aspects of its program that are successful. <\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-be-the-first-to-know-when-news-breaks-in-coachella-valley-download-the-news-channel-3-app-here\">Be the first to know when Coachella Valley news breaks.  Download the News Channel 3 app here.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>News Channel 3 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant.  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