Organization
The best police department in the world
What is the LAPD?
Those placed on a 5150, 5250, 5350 hold end up in this court department to evaluate their need to see health care providers or have mandated treatments?
How do cases end up at department 95?
the main resource patrol officers have for mental health cases
What is MEU?
The right to due process during a 5150 procedure
What is LPS?
Achieve their recovery goals
What is the main goal of DMH?
A statewide organization that helps those with mental illness
What is the LA Department of Mental Health?
People seeking to restore their 2nd amendment rights will attend a hearing here to see whether they are eligible to own a firearm again after being placed on a 5150 hold.
How do people end up at department 95?
The administrative office of the Courts provides the California Courts website with includes self-help information for subjects.
A section of department 95’s Self Help Center
The juvenile version of a 5150 hold
What is a 5585 hold?
National Alliance of Mental Illness
What is NAMI?
Hill St, downtown LA
Where was Dept 95 originally?
Incompetence declared in a courtroom setting
What determines if a defendant goes to Department 95?
An organisation committed to raising awareness and building a community of hope for all of those in need. It advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research.
What is NAMI?
A mental health court is a form of collaborative court providing services to defendants dealing with mental illness
What is a mental health court and what is their target demographic?
A judge appointed guardian(s) to manage personal and financial affairs of another person due to physical limitations, mental limitations, or old age.
What is a conservatorship?
This program is staffed by a team of 15 mental health clinicians who are located at 22 courts countywide.
How many clinicians are involved in the court Liaison Program?
Subjects wait one year to have speak before a judge
A defendant will wait this long for a competency hearing for misdemeanors?
The LA County State mental health hospital
What is DSH Metropolitan?
departments 95, 95a, and 95b
What is the mental health court of the Los Angeles superior court composed of?
Taking away of firearms
What is Department 95 ability to rescind subjects rights?
This Program incorporates the “no wrong door” philosophy by offering the courtroom as an entry point for service.
What is the (CLP) Court Liaison Program?
A well written application for hold
What crucial documentation, is considered testimony during a Department 95 hearing?
A major learning center for people with disabilities to check their rights
What is DRC (Disability Rights California)?
prosecutor, defense attorney, probation/parole officer, judge, bailiff, jury, etc.
3 key personnel that collaborate and work at mental health courts?
the subject need to prove competence in order to petition their gun rights back
What are the multiple forms needed to gain rights back from Dept 95?