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Consultant shall provide: <br />Initial psychological service contact with involved officer(s) shall be made immediately <br />if possible, but no later than forty-eight (48) hours following the incident. <br />A minimum of three (3) follow-up counseling sessions shall follow, if the Consultant <br />deems those sessions necessary. Such follow-up sessions shall, whenever possible <br />and practical, be scheduled by Consultant at Consultant's office location, unless <br />otherwise agreed by involved officer(s). <br />3. One (1) follow-up session within a period of not less than fourteen (14) days and not <br />more than thirty (30) days following the traumatic incident with the involved officer(s) <br />to assess whether additional sessions shall be deemed necessary. Following such <br />sessions, provide City's Police Department with verbal recommendation as to the <br />necessity of additional sessions and an assessment of officer(s) recommended duty <br />status within forty-eight (48) hours. A written psychological assessment of the <br />officer(s) evaluated shall be submitted within five (5) calendar days to the City's Police <br />Department upon completion of such follow-up counseling session(s). <br />4. A verbal recommendation to the City's Police Department for return of said officer(s) <br />involved in traumatic incidents to full or modified duty status as soon as possible and <br />in no case later than forty-eight (48) hours following the incident. <br />5. A written psychological assessment to the City's Police Department of officer(s) in <br />question and a recommendation as to their suitability to return to active duty, full or <br />modified, and need for follow-up treatment within five (5) days following the post - <br />traumatic counseling session. <br />6. At the direction and with consent of City's Police Department, similar post -traumatic <br />incident counseling services may be requested for immediate family members of <br />involved officer(s) adversely impacted by the incident. The goal of such services shall <br />be to stabilize external factors which might otherwise affect officer(s) return to duty or <br />recovery and to determine if referral to other private service providers is warranted. <br />Verbal consultation with City's Police Department is recommended but no written <br />reports of family member counseling sessions are required unless otherwise indicated <br />or where the fitness for duty of the officer(s) comes into doubt. <br />C. Crisis Intervention Counseling <br />Conduct crisis intervention counseling with authorization and approval of City's Police Department when <br />a Department employee(s) is believed to be suffering from a psychological disorder or emotional <br />disturbance and unable to perform any or all of the full range of duties of an employee's classification. <br />Consultant shall: <br />Obtain authorization from City's Chief of Police or designate prior to conducting crisis <br />intervention counseling of City's Police Department employee(s). Should intervention be <br />requested by employee and not Department, consultant agrees to obtain authorization from <br />City's Chief of Police or designate prior to conducting crisis intervention counseling. <br />City of Santa Ana - RFP 19-040 for Psychological Services <br />Page 2 <br />