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and practical, be scheduled by Consultant at Consultant's Orange County office <br />locations, unless otherwise agreed by involved officer(s). <br />d, If Consultant deems immediate follow -up counseling sessions are not indicated, <br />Consultant shall schedule one (1) follow -up session within a period of not less that <br />fourteen (14) days and not more than thirty (30) days following the traumatic incident <br />with the involved officer(s) to assess whether additional sessions shall be deemed <br />necessary. Such sessions shall, whenever possible and practical, be scheduled at <br />Consultant's Orange County office locations unless otherwise agreed by involved <br />officer(s). Following such sessions Consultant shall provide City's Police <br />Department with verbal recommendation as to the necessity of additional sessions <br />and an assessment of officer(s) recommended duty status within forty -eight (48) <br />hours. A written psychological assessment of the officer(s) evaluated shall be <br />submitted within five (5) calendar days to the City's Police Department upon <br />completion of such follow -up counseling session(s). <br />e. Consultant shall provide City's Police Department with a verbal recommendation for <br />return of said officer(s) involved in traumatic incidents to full or modified duty status <br />as soon as possible and in no case later than forty -eight (48) hours following the <br />incident. <br />f Consultant shall provide City's Police Department with a written psychological <br />assessment of officer(s) in question and a recommendation as to their suitability to <br />return to active duty, full or modified, and need for follow -up treatment within five <br />(5) days following the post- traumatic counseling session. <br />g. At the direction and with the consent of City's Police Department, Consultant shall <br />provide similar post traumatic incident counseling services to immediate family <br />members of involved officer(s) adversely impacted by the incident. The goal of such <br />services shall be to stabilize external factors which might otherwise affect officer(s) <br />return to duty or recovery and to determine if referral to other private service <br />providers is warranted. Verbal consultation with City's Police Department is <br />recommended but no written reports of family member counseling sessions are <br />required unless otherwise indicated or where the fitness for duty of the officer(s) <br />comes in doubt. <br />Crisis Interview Counseling <br />Consultant agrees to conduct crisis intervention counseling with authorization and approval of <br />City's Police Department when a Department employee(s) is believed to be gravely disabled as a <br />result of psychological disorder or emotional disturbance and unable to perform any or all of the <br />full range of duties of an employee's classification. <br />a. Consultant agrees to obtain authorization from City's Chief of Police or designate <br />prior to conducting crisis intervention counseling of City's Police Department <br />employee(s). Should intervention be requested by employee and not Department, <br />Vol <br />25B -11 <br />