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Mono County · 2024-2025 Civil Grand Jury

Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detainment and Arrest Processes

Reviews booking and transport practices and coordination among law enforcement, Behavioral Health, and Mammoth Hospital. Recommends a forum for interagency communication and training while discussing privacy constraints on information sharing.

Response available · Mono County Sheriff; Mono County Behavioral Health Director; Mono County Board of Supervisors; Mammoth Hospital

Agency responses to Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detainment and Arrest Processes

Mono County Sheriff: Disagrees with the communication-risk finding and agrees that privacy restrictions limit case-level feedback. Suggests using the Behavioral Health Advisory Board to discuss roles and coordination. Mono County Behavioral Health Director: Disputes the inference that restricted communication causes mishandling of arrestees, describes the mobile-crisis agreement, and agrees that case-level feedback is constrained. Proposes aggregate referral data, coordination, and training subject to agency requests. Mono County Board of Supervisors: Disputes the inference that restricted communication causes mishandling of arrestees, describes the mobile-crisis agreement, and agrees that case-level feedback is constrained. Proposes aggregate referral data, coordination, and training subject to agency requests. Mammoth Hospital: Explicitly offers no response to findings F3 and F4. Commits to sending a representative if the Crisis Care Committee is reinvigorated.

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