Agency responses to Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detainment and Arrest Processes

Response says

Disagrees and explains several possible interpretations, distinguishing criminal arrests from health-related temporary detentions and citing HIPAA restrictions.

Audit analysis

The response explains its interpretations and objections but does not fully engage the finding’s broader concern about non-clinical coordination and officer/public risk.

Response says

Agrees, stating that discharge and transfer details are protected health information and that law enforcement is not entitled to those details.

Audit analysis

Explains why the Sheriff sees no case-level remedy. This audit does not independently interpret the privacy law.

Response says

Proposes Board invitations to MLPD and Mammoth Hospital to participate in the Behavioral Health Advisory Board; identifies its next meeting as August 11, 2025.

Audit analysis

Offers an alternative forum, but describes what the Board could do rather than a firm Sheriff commitment to reinvigorate the requested committee.

Response says

Partly agrees and partly disagrees, distinguishes Behavioral Health’s assessment role from armed law enforcement, and describes referral procedures under the Mobile Crisis Response MOU.

Audit analysis

Identifies both the accepted privacy concern and the disputed inference about mishandling; the described agreement is a checkable basis, not independently verified performance.

Response says

Agrees about limits on individual-case feedback, offers aggregate annual data, and says 2025 referral results will be sent to MLPD in January 2026.

Audit analysis

Responds to the case-level limitation and proposes a distinct aggregate-data alternative without claiming it resolves every concern.

Response says

Will participate in a jointly requested committee but says Behavioral Health cannot compel other agencies to participate.

Audit analysis

Conditional participation engages the proposal but leaves initiation, membership, and the requested deadline unresolved.

Response says

Offers training on Behavioral Health’s role and techniques if requested by MLPD; identifies POST training as an alternative suited to officers.

Audit analysis

Engages the training subject but makes action conditional and does not commit to the requested January 2026 start.

Response says

Partly agrees and partly disagrees, distinguishes Behavioral Health’s assessment role from armed law enforcement, and describes referral procedures under the Mobile Crisis Response MOU.

Audit analysis

Identifies both the accepted privacy concern and the disputed inference about mishandling; the described agreement is a checkable basis, not independently verified performance.

Response says

Agrees about limits on individual-case feedback, offers aggregate annual data, and says 2025 referral results will be sent to MLPD in January 2026.

Audit analysis

Responds to the case-level limitation and proposes a distinct aggregate-data alternative without claiming it resolves every concern.

Response says

Will direct Behavioral Health to contact MOU partners and initiate the agreement’s meetings in fiscal year 2025–2026.

Audit analysis

Addresses a coordination forum, but substitutes existing MOU meetings for the requested committee and does not adopt the October 1 date.

Response says

Offers training on Behavioral Health’s role and techniques if requested by MLPD; identifies POST training as an alternative suited to officers.

Audit analysis

Engages the training subject but makes action conditional and does not commit to the requested January 2026 start.

Response says

Says the hospital has no response to this finding at this time.

Audit analysis

The explicit decision not to respond contains no agreement, disagreement, or finding-specific explanation; the source and mapping are clear, so this is scored rather than marked unscorable.

Response says

Says the hospital has no response to this finding at this time.

Audit analysis

The explicit decision not to respond contains no agreement, disagreement, or finding-specific explanation; the source and mapping are clear, so this is scored rather than marked unscorable.

Response says

Will send a representative when the committee is reinvigorated.

Audit analysis

Provides a clear conditional participation commitment; it does not claim that a committee has already been formed.