2025 Police Annual Report

In September of 2019, the Orland Park Police Department was awarded a $744,039.00 federal grant from the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. The three-year grant has allowed the Orland Park Police Department, in partnership with Trinity Services, to develop and implement a Mobile Crisis Response Unit (MCRU). The MCRU is comprised of 18 OPPD Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) police officers and Licensed Mental Health Clinicians from Trinity Services. MCRU clinicians co-respond, in person or virtually, with OPPD CIT officers to mental health related calls for service throughout Orland Park 24 hours a day, seven days per week. The MCRU began responding to calls in October 2020, and has resulted in a 35% decrease in the number of individuals in crisis who were transported to a hospital emergency room. Instead, individuals were connected with treatment providers to assist them with their situation. This initiative also decreased the amount of time officers spent handling these calls, allowing them to resume active patrol duties more quickly.

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