Item 14 - Agreements for Law Enforcement Psychological Services

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CITY OF SANTA ANA began conducting peace officer evaluations. B. Complete Post-Traumatic Psychological Incident Evaluation Provide City's Police Department employees involved in violent incidents, such as a life - threatening and/or serious injury or death to any person, complete post-traumatic psychological evaluation. A complete post-traumatic psychological incident evaluation includes, but is not limited to, clinical interview and post-traumatic counseling. Consultant shall provide: 1. Initial psychological service contact with involved officer(s) shall be made immediately if possible, but no later than forty-eight (48) hours following the incident. 2. A minimum of three (3) follow-up counseling sessions shall follow, if the Consultant deems those sessions necessary. Such follow-up sessions shall, whenever possible and practical, be scheduled by Consultant at Consultant's office location, unless otherwise agreed by involved officer(s). 3. One (1) follow-up session within a period of not less than fourteen (14) days and not more than thir§ (30) days following the traumatic incident with the involved officer(s) to assess whether additional sessions shall be deemed necessary. Following such sessions, provide City's Police Department with verbal recommendation as to the necessity of additional sessions and an assessment of officer(s) recommended duty status within forty-eight (48) hours. A written psychological assessment of the officer(s) evaluated shall be submitted within five (5) calendar days to the City's Police Department upon completion of such follow-up counseling session(s). 4. A verbal recommendation to the City's Police Department for return of said officer(s) involved in traumatic incidents to full or modified duty status as soon as possible and in no case later than forty-eight (48) hours following the incident. 5. A written psychological assessment to the City's Police Department of officer(s) in question and a recommendation as to their suitability to return to active duty, full or modified, and need for follow-up treatment within five (5) days following the post- traumatic counseling session. 6. At the direction and with consent of City's Police Department, similar post-traumatic incident counseling services may be requested for immediate family members of involved officer(s) adversely impacted by the incident. The goal of such services shall be to stabilize external factors which might otherwise affect officer(s) return to duty or recovery and to determine if referral to other private service providers is warranted. Verbal consultation with City's Police Department is recommended but no written reports of family member counseling sessions are required unless otherwise indicated or where the fitness for duty of the officer(s) comes into doubt. RFP No. 22-081 Psychological Evaluation and Counseling Services Page 19 of 36