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Crisis intervention teams in schools explained
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NYPD Inspector Tracy Mulet explains the implementation of crisis intervention teams in schools, addressing Council Member Rita Joseph's concerns about mental health support and restorative justice.
- Crisis intervention teams are the first step in addressing mental health episodes in schools
- These teams work hand-in-hand with the Department of Education
- Crisis intervention teams are present in every school building
- Council Member Joseph expresses interest in visiting a school to see the team in action
Tracy Mulet
1:56:03
I'm so sorry.
1:56:04
Just because you mentioned restorative justice and some of the trainings that are already taking place for school safety agents, also what we have now is the crisis intervention team.
1:56:16
As you know, if there's a student who's having a mental, say episode per se, that's the first step.
1:56:23
So we're hand in hand working with DOE and they're basically the first step when you see, when you talk of restorative justice, when you talk of the other items in terms
Rita Joseph
1:56:33
of Mental health support.
1:56:34
Yes.
1:56:35
Justice students are still facing post pandemic.
1:56:37
Are these crisis located?
1:56:40
Where are they?
Tracy Mulet
1:56:41
They are in every school, ma'am.
Rita Joseph
1:56:42
Every school?
1:56:43
Yes.
1:56:43
I would love to visit one.
Tracy Mulet
1:56:45
Yes.
1:56:45
I can arrange that, yes.
1:56:47
Every school has a team.
Rita Joseph
1:56:50
Every school has a team.
Tracy Mulet
1:56:51
Every building, you know, has a school because, you know, you have sometimes three and two schools in one building, but every
Rita Joseph
1:56:57
building We know the collocations, of course.