Crisis Response Team (Mental Health Unit) Section

The Mental Health Unit began on October 1, 2005, with two deputies under a grant from Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental impairments (TCOOMMI). Since beginning, the CRT Section of Midland County Sheriff's Office, has increase personnel to four officers, one sergeant, and one secretary. The deputies assigned to the Crisis Response Team are specially trained deputies who can respond to all crisis calls involving mental health issues. 

Our goal is to provide crisis intervention and consistent care and services for consumers who are in a mental crisis. Requests for Crisis Response Team Deputies services comes from other Law Enforcement agencies in the county, local schools and colleges, hospitals, mental health consumer from the Criminal Justice System when appropriate and into the appropriate mental health service provider. In 2017, CRT had 1550 mental health calls and transported 537 consumers to mental health facilities and had Jail, ER and MH Divisions totaling 1,420 for 2017. 

The Crisis Response Team works cooperatively with other agencies and entities to connect mental health consumers to resources available in the community and mental health system. In addition, the Crisis Response Team is charged with handling all mental commitments as well as transports throughout the state to other mental health facilities.

Contact

The Mental Health Unit can be reached at 432-688-4671 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. or at 432-688-4600 after 5 p.m. and on weekends and holidays.