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23 <br /> FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS: CJ DIVERSION-DEFLECTION <br /> ■ On-site CIT and MHFA-trained LE personnel to maintain facility security. <br /> ■ Locked, secure facility space available, if needed. <br /> ■ On-site security personnel and peer support specialists to maintain calm and safe environment and to provide readily <br /> available transportation for patients in custody, as needed for IVC transportation, and to provide court paperwork to and <br /> from Facility. <br /> ■ On-site space (and video conference link) for criminal justice stakeholders (e.g., Magistrate, District Attorney, Public <br /> Defender, courts/judges, CJRD personnel, clinicians). <br /> ■ On-site security to provide warm hand-off for patients who are in custody (e.g., transfers from jail). <br /> ■ FIT (Formally Incarcerated Transitions) program liaison. <br /> ■ Readily available medical and LE transportation for IVC patients. <br /> ■ Forensic assessment services for court processes. <br /> ■ Clinical services for individuals who are in custody (temporary transfers from detention facility) or awaiting court <br /> processing/hearings. <br /> ■ No refusal admission for law enforcement and emergency medical services (24/7/365) including individuals who are <br /> agitated or under an IVC order except where there is a serious security concern and/or acute medical needs. <br />