Asking what everyone is using for interpreter services? Looking for an alternative to the language line that provides a good phone interpreter service for basics such as 911 calls. - Chief Don Miller (1/5/2024)
From Interim Chief Murphy, Beatrice
We use the language line as well, but have found that it can get pretty pricey. Our officers have mostly used an interpreter app on their phones and sometimes will use the Spanish instructor at our schools.
From Acting Chief Morrow, Lincoln
We use all the translation resources you noted, Google Translate, Language Line, VRI, and our interpreter list, including staff and community members, and now PreparedLive https://www.prepared911.com/. Our telecommunicators love the instant ability to translate over 100 different languages immediately. We also use LanguageLinc for our in-person and some over the phone. To my knowledge, we have not explored ALTA or eTranslation.
We put a video up in September on our FB page showing how PreparedLive works with translation.
Please let me know if you are interested in additional information. I will put you into contact with Jess Loos, our Communications Manager.
LanguageLinc | Interpretation | Translation Services | Lincoln, NE
Considering starting a chaplain program at Beatrice PD. I am interested in knowing if other agencies have a policy for the chaplain program and or guidelines for how they operate in the agency. - Chief John Hickman (10/17/2023)
From Captain Splattstoesser, NSP
Colonel Bolduc has asked that I send you the Nebraska State Patrol policies relating to our Chaplain Program.
https://www.policechiefsne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/04-10-The-Chaplaincy-Program.pdf
https://www.policechiefsne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/04-12-Peer-Support-Program.pdf
https://www.policechiefsne.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/07-13-Notification-of-Next-of-Kin.pdf
From Chief Miller, Norfolk
We have been looking into a Chaplin program as well. Our challenge has been finding a pastor or counselor that has the interest, commitment and understanding of LEO roles. Some are interested, but limited in their availability and commitment.
We sent one of our interested officers to Chaplin training but he came back less than impressed with it. We are moving more to a peer support model than a Chaplin program. With the size of our department, peer support has been more effective since the peers understand the roles.
Looking at making some changes to our sergeant job description and requirements. Hoping to find out how many years of experience everyone is using on the job description?
- Chief John Hickman (08/31/2023)
From Chief Leonardo, Ralston
Three (3) years of experience in law enforcement as a sworn police officer, in a Nebraska First Class city or larger or a sworn deputy in a Sheriff’s Department that has a First Class city inside the county, or State Patrol, or a combination of experience, prior to application.
From Assistant Chief Jashinski, Bellevue
We currently require three years of service as a Bellevue Police Officer prior to testing for sergeant. However, Chief Clary and I recently discussed amending this verbiage, so that an officer with at least one year of previous police experience would only need two years of experience with us. We recently hired several laterals who have double digit years of experience and could perform the necessary duties of a sergeant prior to hitting three years.
From Chief Hickstein, Chadron
Attached is the City of Chadron job description for Sergeant.
Looking for a staffing rubric based towards Law Enforcement, calls for service, per capita approach, performance, Authorized staff level or workload approaches. - Chief Bill Clark (07/21/2023)
From Assistant Chief Brian Jackson, Lincoln
A good study with a variety of metrics: An analysis of police department staffing: How many officers do you really need?
It can be found at: https://icma.org/sites/default/files/305747_Analysis%20of%20Police%20Department%20Staffing%20_%20McCabe.pdf
We have be using the rule of 60 specific to officer committed time and assignment to examine officer needs.
Looking for answers to the following concerning "Employee Assistance Programs"
• Do any departments require officers to attend a session after a critical incident?
• If yes, how many sessions are required?
• What types of critical incidents would cause you to require an employee to attend a session?
• And do you have a matrix that can be shared used to define “critical incidents?
• Have you experienced any conflicts between your FOP and the department/city after requiring attendance?
• Would your provider notify you if they believe your employee was not fit for duty after a session?
• What provider do you use?
• Is your critical incident provider the same as your health insurance, or do you contract separately with a specialist?
• Do any departments require officers to attend a session after a critical incident?
• If yes, how many sessions are required?
• What types of critical incidents would cause you to require an employee to attend a session?
• And do you have a matrix that can be shared used to define “critical incidents?
• Have you experienced any conflicts between your FOP and the department/city after requiring attendance?
• Would your provider notify you if they believe your employee was not fit for duty after a session?
• What provider do you use?
• Is your critical incident provider the same as your health insurance, or do you contract separately with a specialist?
- Chief Joe Lager (06/08/2023)
From Chief Shepard, Minatare
I believe you are looking for two different programs. EAP’s are a great resource but when you refer to “critical incidents” I think a more fitting program would be Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). This program is never mandatory but I think you will see an increase in attendance with continued use provided by qualified and trained officers. I was our department liaison for our CISM Team at a former agency in WA state. Critical Incidents can’t be defined by any one person as we all have past trauma and triggers. Generally speaking, the way our program worked, if an officer would ask for a debrief they would seek approval through their immediate supervisor who would never turn down help, especially for our young officers. The supervisor would let admin know and they would request a debrief from our CISM team. This is strictly feelings, not a tactical debrief. The whole crew would generally attend and you were there to support one another. It had a great impact on team cohesiveness and bonding. Again, this was never mandatory but those who attended received great benefit from the program. No notes were ever taken and nothing was ever reported to admin. If your CISM trained debriefers felt the need for continued support, you can always contact your shrink on retainer. I am a huge proponent of this program.
Looking for how to handle properties that need cleaned up that have had the "abatement process" already completed - Chief Marla Schnell (05/22/2023)
From Chief Lager, Blair
We have city public works clean up messes.
Looking for any “on call” policy model or proper on call pay schedule - Chief Marla Schnell (04/27/2023)
From Captain Duering, Grand Island
Our on call (referred to as stand by here) is regulated by contract rather than policy. It was originally designed for instances where an officer is potentially needed for additional manpower for warrant service or testimony, etc. but the time frame or assurance of the event was unknown.
The contract clause itself allows for 1 hour of straight pay for every 8 hours of stand by time. The officers are allowed to do any regular activities during that time with the exception that they cannot drink alcohol or go outside of our normal residency requirement radius (40 miles for our agency). If they activated, all hours go toward over-time accrual based on other contract clauses.
We issue an on call list 1 month in advance so they can schedule family events accordingly. For our agency on 12 hours shifts, we have two persons on call per day; one for day shift, one for night shift which results in either 1.5 hours of pay or depending on the situation, only being on call for peak call hours (10a-6p days, 6p-2a nights).
The schedule is standard roster rotations, with the exception that we pay attention to weekend / holidays assignments so that the same officer isn’t always on call during a weekend or holiday based on ‘luck of the draw’.
From Chief Phillip Lukens, Alliance
We pay $150. Below is our Union Contract regarding it:
Article 26 – ON-CALL
SECTION 1 On-call is defined as an employee, designated by their supervisor or Department Head, to be available for a certain period to return to work while off duty. Employees will be scheduled on-call in addition to the scheduled workweek at the discretion of the Chief of Police, or his designee. Based on the needs of the department, the intent is to designate employees “on-call” during their off days, however if an employee is designated “on-call” and is at any point in time scheduled, assigned or called to duty; the employee will still receive on-call compensation as defined below in Section 5 of this Article.
On-call employees shall not consume any substances that will impair their ability to perform job responsibilities. Employees should notify their supervisor immediately if it becomes necessary to be removed from on-call responsibilities.
SECTION 2 Sworn employees must carry a cellular phone at all times during their on-call status shifts. A department issued cellular phone will be utilized. During the scheduled on-call status, employees are required to keep a cellular phone charged, powered on, and within a reasonable distance to hear and answer the phone when it rings. On-call employees are required to answer all phone calls from the police department, and if requested, respond to the police department within a reasonable amount of time, no later than thirty (30) minutes of the initial phone call. It may be grounds for disciplinary action for an employee to fail to respond to a call while designated on-call.
SECTION 3 On-call sworn employees are required to arrive at the police department or at the scene with the necessary equipment to perform policing duties, including the following: department issued identification and badge, department approved firearm, department issued soft body armor, handcuffs and flashlight. The on-call Police Officer should always come prepared for the situation.
SECTION 4 The employee is allowed to make arrangements for another employee to perform their scheduled on-call status.
SECTION 5 Employees designated “On-call” will be compensated at a flat rate of one-hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each day to serve in this function. “Day” is defined as a twenty-four (24) hour period of on-call status starting at midnight and ending at 23:59.
SECTION 6 If an on-call employee is activated or scheduled to cover a shift and performs work during on-call status, work performed will be considered “call back”. Employees shall be compensated in accordance with Article 17-Overtime and Call Back Pay. On-call status (while not actually working) shall not count towards hours worked for the computation of overtime.
SECTION 7 Driving to and from work shall not be considered as reimbursement to the employee. An employee’s actual working time will begin when he arrives at the work site.
SECTION 8 Shift vacancies will be filled by the on-call person if non-scheduled person is offered the open position and declines to work. If the on-call employee is assigned the shift, they will be compensated per Sections 5 and 6 of this Article.
Opioid Settlement Funds
From Chief Hickman, Beatrice
I have contacted numerous agencies over the past month looking into ways to spend the opioid settlement funds. Most agencies were unsure how to spend them as the rules are written very restrictive. I contacted Director Rex from the Nebraska Municipal Association about this. She is going to reach out to the AG’s office and try to set a zoom call with Chiefs and Sheriffs in the near future. Hopefully this meeting will provide some input on this issue. I know for example that you can buy Narcan but that is a small expenditure compared to the amount of funding and many agencies already received this for free.
Looking for information on police departments' residency requirements and limits, and for information on agencies that currently have or are looking at school resource officer positions - Chief Bradley Butler, Minden (3/30/2023)
Reply from Bellevue:
We have no residency requirements or limits for our officers. We have officers living in different cities, counties, and even in Iowa. We do have school resource officers.
Reply from York:
At York PD we require our officers to live in York County. It has been a “thing” here, but I feel its important to have officers integrate into the community they work for. Also, it’s exactly what society at large has been telling us we need for the last 4-6 years – it correlates directly to community policing models. The other issues I warn smaller agencies like mine about is basic response concerns: we frequently need to call people in for EPC transports, and I’ve made it known I want officers at community and school events, etc. Officers who live a certain distance away are not as available for these duties, that’s just a fact as you look at a map. There are also incidental, less frequent concerns with overtime and travel time, etc. If an officer is attending training on his/her day off, contract dictates he/she is entitled to travel time pay – which of course refers to travel from PD to training facility, BUT, if an officer is on his/her day off and drives an hour from home to the PD and then to training, the language of the rules can get murky.
Reply from Grand Island:
Per the FOP contract recently signed last fall (2022), GIPD Officers must reside within 45 miles of the city limits.
GIPD does have a SRO program and we have an agreement with the Grand Island Public Schools to provide 3 SROs (one for each middle school) and 2 SROs for the main high school. The school reimburses the City of Grand Island $57,606 per SRO per year. We do not have SROs in the Northwest School District (farm/rural schools but high school is in city limits), nor do we have any SROs at Grand Island Central Catholic High School or Heartland Lutheran High School.
Reply from Wahoo:
The city of Wahoo has dropped their residency requirements and limits. We have officers coming as far away as Iowa and Bellevue to work and I live 28 miles away.
We currently have no school resource officer for city of Wahoo.
Researching options for mobile video secure transfer options from department to the prosecutor’s office - Chief Dana Miller, Valentine (3/21/2023)
Reply from McCook:
We use an interface with Central Square our RMS in the Attorney Client portal, it gives them the report, photos, and videos as soon as a supervisor approves. However, before that, we just uploaded them on OneDrive and shared the drive with them. They then just downloaded from the drive.
Reply from Wayne:
Watchguard does have an option for sending video hotlinks to prosecutors but believe you have to be running a certain version of Evidence Library. A newer sales manager is in place for them for our area. I will put his information below if of any help to get you answers or direction.
Josh Medeiros, Regional Sales Manager (402)269-6963 or joshua.medeiros@motorolasolutions.com
Reply from Kearney:
We also use WatchGuard and share the video via the “Cases” function, a secure link is sent to the CA’s Office which allows them to download, copy, and share with defense council through discovery. We also have a system called ICrimefighter which we can share documents, video, photos, and other media in a similar fashion, we are still working to integrate WatchGuard into ICrimefighter.
Requesting Snow Removal Ordinances - Chief Joe Aikens, Sidney (1/23/2023)
Reply from South Sioux City:
Sec. 94-6. – Snow removal from private property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed any snow or ice from privately owned property within the city and place or caused to be placed such snow or ice upon any street or alley within the city.
(Ord. No. 97-9, § 1, 3-31-97) Cross reference— Snow emergencies, § 110-291 et seq.
Reply from McCook:
Sec. 24-27. Snow removal.
(a) Removal. It shall be the duty of the owner of every lot or parcel adjacent to a permanent sidewalk to clean off and remove all snow, slush, and ice therefrom within 24 hours after such snow, slush, or ice has fallen, drifted, or accumulated thereon.
(b) [Offense]. Snow, slush, or ice shall not be moved from lots, driveways, or adjacent sidewalks into the city streets, alleys, or neighboring lots. Such an offense shall be considered a misdemeanor and punishable by a $100.00 fine.
(c) Failure to remove. If, after 24 hours, the lot or parcel owner has failed to make the removal as set out herein, the city manager or designee shall post the property adjacent to the sidewalk and serve the owner of record with a notice requiring removal within 24 hours of posting or receipt of said notice. The city manager or designee may cause the sidewalk to be cleared by hiring a contractor or by city employees should the owner fail to comply with the notice.
(d) Recovering costs. The city manager shall bill the property owner for all costs incurred in clearing the sidewalk. After nonpayment at the end of the two month period, the city manager may:
(1) Levy an assessment against such property in accordance with section 24-26 (d); or
(2) Recover such costs in a civil action.
(Ord. No. 2883 , § 1, 5-7-2019)
Sec. 24-28. Liability and damages.
The owner of the lot, lots, or land shall be liable for all damages or injury occasioned by reason of the defective or dangerous condition of any sidewalk abutting said property.
(Ord. No. 2883 , § 1, 5-7-2019)
Reply from Plainview:
Reply from Wayne:
78-237 Streets to be Kept Clean
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, throw or put upon any street, alley, sidewalk or any public place any snow, ice, dirt, rubbish, refuse or material of any kind or nature unless otherwise permitted by the city. For the purpose of snow removal, any snow lying within the public right-of-way may remain in the right-of-way from which it came. It shall be unlawful to place the snow in the right-of-way across the paved street or adjacent to another private property. Any snow piled adjacent to a public alley or within the sight triangle for all streets shall not exceed 30 inches in height.
Reply from Ashland:
§8-318 REMOVAL OF SNOW, ICE, OTHER MATERIAL AND ACCUMULATION
(1) No person shall throw, cast, drop, place, deposit or cause to be thrown, cast,
dropped, placed or deposited on any sidewalk, street, alley or any other public way any ice,
snow, grass, leaves, branches, or other refuse or debris.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Snow and ice may be removed from private property in the downtown business
district and temporarily placed in the public way so as to assist in snow and ice removal, provided
such temporary placement does not impede travel or create a hazardous condition and
such temporary placement is removed by the responsible party within 12 hours of its initial
placement.
(b) Snow and ice removed from sidewalks in the downtown business district and
placed in the street adjacent to the sidewalk from which the snow and ice was removed, provided
such placement does not impede travel or create a hazardous condition.
Reply from Grand Island:
§32-73. Snow and Ice Removal from Sidewalks It shall be unlawful for the occupant or owner of any lot, tract, or parcel of real estate within the City to fail to clear or have cleared the sidewalks contiguous thereto of all snow and ice within twenty-four hours after the cessation of any storm or snow fall; provided, that if such lot, tract, or parcel of real estate is located within the Central Business District of the City of Grand Island, then it shall be unlawful for the occupant owner of such lot, tract, or parcel of real estate to fail to clear the sidewalks contiguous thereto of all snow and ice within six hours after the cessation of any storm or snow fall, or by 12:00 Noon should the cessation of any storm or snow fall occur during night-time hours.
It shall be unlawful for the occupant or owner of any lot, tract, or parcel of real estate within the City to fail to clear or have cleared the sidewalks contiguous thereto of all ice accumulated from natural or artificial drainage of water within twenty-four hours after the commencement of accumulation; provided, that if such lot, tract, or parcel of real estate is located within the Central Business District of the City of Grand Island, then it shall be unlawful for the occupant or owner of such lot, tract, or parcel of real estate to fail to clear the sidewalks contiguous of all ice accumulated from natural or artificial drainage of water within six hours after the commencement of accumulation, or by 12:00 noon should the accumulation of ice occur during night-time hours.
The violation of this section shall give rise to a cause of action for damages in favor of any person who is injured by the failure or neglect of the owner or occupant of the real estate to comply with the provisions of this section.
§32-74. Shoveling, plowing or blowing now onto the street or city property It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner or any lessee or occupant of any property or contractor to shovel, plow or blow any snow from sidewalks, driveways or private property onto any city street or other city property. The only exception is in the Central Business District where snow from sidewalks only may be placed in the street in such a manner as to cause the least interference to traffic upon such street.
Reply from Gothenburg:
§ 72.027 MOVEMENT OF SNOW FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY INTO STREETS PROHIBITED.
Whenever a snow emergency has been declared, no person shall move the snow from lots, driveways, or sidewalks,
owned or controlled by them, onto the streets after snow has been cleared from the streets by agents of the city. Once a
street has been cleared, it shall be unlawful for persons to move snow into street traffic lanes or street parking lanes.
Reply from Ralston:
§ 8-313. Streets; Unlawful Depositing of Snow or Leaves.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or other party to remove snow or leaves from any public, semi-public, or private parking lot, or driveway or sidewalk and place it upon any street or sidewalk within the City, or upon any fire hydrant. Also, it shall be unlawful for such snow to be placed within 150 feet of the intersecting centerlines of two streets at height above which such snow would become a traffic hazard by inhibiting proper sight distance at intersections herein determined to be a height of two feet above the top of the top of the curb.
Requesting Use of Force and Internal Affairs Investigations - Chief John Hickman, Beatrice (1/23/2023)
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Juvenile Issues
I sent out an email to area LE regarding Senator Floods inquiring about juveniles. I only received responses from members of Scottsbluff PD. All issues are related to a lack of services locally. Our juvenile detention center closed several years ago. Now we must transport any juvenile in custody that probation places in a secure facility across the state to facilities such as Madison. This is a significant burden on us; we must take two officers away from their duties to transport them across the state. SPD does not have training or equipment for long-distance transportation of any prisoner. As you can imagine, the burden on smaller departments is even more significant simply because of staffing. The distance also takes the youth away from family, or any local support they may have, which is equally concerning. I believe this sometimes influences probation to release juveniles who should be placed in a facility to family occasionally with ankle monitors on them pending court. Additionally, I think Juvenile Probation has a tremendous caseload, and the lack of local resources frustrates them too.
I have attached a letter written by Scottsbluff Mayor Jeanne McKerrigan, that she sent several Senators a while back. Jeanne has been actively trying to get a juvenile facility on the western end of the state, and improve juvenile services in general.
I am willing to have a virtual meeting to discuss this, if you all would let me know.
Kevin Spencer
Juvenile Issues
Statutes that relate to the Juvenile Justice system are many and are intertwined. For this reason, I will concentrate primarily on those bills effected LB464 (2014), and LB595 (2018) as a starting point. I am not an expert in this matter, but I have dedicated 23 of my 25 years of law enforcement toward gang investigation and intervention, and I believe I have a well-rounded experience and understanding of the principals involved in juvenile justice system based on my experience. I also believe that it is important to point out that I understand and believe in restorative justice principles: simplified to mean that a justice system should provide to make a victim whole and an restore an offender to a contributing place in society; when functioning properly. There is however, the principle of the greater public good and safety that is often left out of directed ideals in this regard.
In this vein, I do not necessary disagree with the juvenile justice laws specifically due to content, but instead based on practice and their inability to address the general public concern [as opposed to focusing only on victim and offender]. It is for the reason, that if we are readdressing juvenile justice reform, it should be done based on evidence based practices. As I know of no jurisdiction that has observed a reduction in juvenile crime recidivism, nor do I believe that crime statistics will indicate that 18 and 19 year old offenders introduced to the juvenile justice system since these measures have taken effect have been reduced. From this, I reasonably conclude that in practice, our current attempt at juvenile justice reform is in a mode of failure.
These are the three areas where I believe this is failing:
1. Lack of resources; Reformative Justice is a proven method when properly carried out. However, in the case of juvenile offenders, this required daily structure and social, educational, and vocational interventions. While studies have shown that these interventions may be more effective outside of detention facilities, Nebraska’s implementation of these practices was so drastically lacking in resources for case management, interventional classes and counseling, and probation and court follow through; that there is no hope for this to be successful. Juvenile offenders are being left un-detained, but without the resources that should change the circumstances leading to the delinquency.
2. Consideration of Public Safety; Nebraska lacks the vehicle to track recidivist criminal activity. In the scope of reformative juvenile justice as it relates to the offender this, in my opinion, is the number one indicator of success or failure in application of statute. Additionally, a matrix based in recidivist activity, gang membership, and other contributing risk factors needs to be considered as a stronger piece on the level of supervision (detained or in-home) that Nebraska is willing to provide. Lastly, the delineation between violent and non-violent offenses does very little to paint a true picture of public risk when current practice does very little to address juvenile drug distribution as a public safety risk, and drug distribution is the number one contributing factor in our violent robbery and shooting cases. Legalization will not fix or address this, as those states are dealing with the same rise in similar issues.
3. Application of concept. For this I will relay a single case as an example at large. This case can probably be parroted by other jurisdictions as an indicator of how these statutes are applied against the interests of public safety
September 26th, 2019 15 year old Juvenile Offender (hereafter referred to as JO) stabs a 16 year old victim in the chest. It should be noted that the ONLY reason this was not a homicide was the exceptional medical intervention that the victim received. (the attending surgeon was literally awarded for his accomplishments). The investigation leads to a warrant issued for JO on 9/30/19. Following 50 days as a wanted juvenile at large, JO is arrested on 11/19/19 on a complaint filed in district court (adult case). Despite a two day long hearing, and 23 prior law enforcement contacts, the case is transferred to juvenile court on 6/2/20. An appeal is filed based on the nature of the juvenile, and the seriousness of the offense, but the decision to move the case to juvenile court is affirmed on 6/20/20 by the Nebraska Court of appeals. A hearing was had on 12/21/20 and adjudication in juvenile court made on 12/23/20. By 2/23/21, only two months post trial, JO was contacted in a traffic stop shortly after midnight with a loaded firearm. We believe (not convicted), that he was heading toward a party where he was involved in an altercation previously in the evening, and the intervention of an officer conducting a routine traffic stop may have again been interventional in the loss of another youth. He was had not escaped confinement, he was not being monitored by GPS. In total, an offense that could have easily lead to the death of a young person, garnered only 13 months of confinement. Obviously, interventional resources both pre and post confinement were lacking or ineffective.
That court case has over 100 journal entries on 36 different dates. The initial finding to transfer was appealed and upheld. There were plenty of opportunities to provide the public safety in this case. There were plenty of opportunities to inject additional services or supervision, if they existed. This case represents a glimpse into the application of translation of the current state of juvenile reform, as we see it is applied here. While it is the most serious that comes to mind, the end result is repeated often.
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Jim Duering Police Captain Grand Island Police Department Phone 308-385-5400 ext. 2214 Web www.gipolice.org Email jduering@gipolice.org 111 Public Safety Dr. Grand Island, NE 68801 |
First Responder's Toolbox - Threats Against Houses of Worship
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Employee Assistance Program Information
Crete contracts with Continuum in Lincoln: A lot of services for a relatively modest price.
Steve Hensel | Police Chief
City of Crete | 1945 Forest Avenue
Crete, NE | 68333
‘ 402 826-6411 | 6 402 826-2180
;steve.hensel@crete.ne.gov
Employee Assistance Program Information
We are using EAP and last year started a partnership with the First Responders Foundation. We are experiencing very positive feedback from our staff who have utilized their services. They have done Unit Debriefs and training on Resiliency with us to meet the State Worker’s Comp requirement. They will be providing drug/alcohol training and suicide prevention training yet this year. We also have a long standing relationship with Continuum. Again, we use both and generally in mandated referrals we allow the staff member to select who they want to schedule an appointment with. The only cases where we wouldn’t all the choice is with new recruits who are struggling with performance related to organization and stress of a new job. They are referred to EAP (Continuum). The First Responders provide a far more culturally competent environment to help address the trauma experienced in this profession.
https://firstrespondersfoundation.org/
Assistant Chief Michon Morrow
Chief of Staff
Lincoln Police Department
402-441-1870 (Office)
402-450-6243 (Cell)
United States Attorney's Office Judicial District of Nebraska 2021 Annual Report
Amtrak Passenger Emergency Response Material
Nebraska Naloxone Standing Order Information
Narcan Documents
Wellness Incentives
OPD Citation Request
Employee Wellness