Specifications include, but are not limited to: i. Provide medically supervised sobering services for public intoxicants detained by law enforcement and interrupt the cycle of serial inebriation. Services should be provided to both inebriates who are cooperative and uncooperative and may need restraint. Cost models may propose separate cooperative and uncooperative public inebriates costs. ii. To provide support to law enforcement agencies and Haven for Hope security services by freeing up law enforcement to return to the street quicker. iii. To provide support to magistrate’s office by diverting PI’s from the time consuming booking and judicial processing at the jail. iv. Provide minor medical (example: stitches) care and triage services to detainees brought into the unit by law enforcement prior to or from theJustice Intake and Assessment Annex (JIAA). Medical services are provided within an average of a 30 minute time frame freeing up law enforcement to return to service quicker and to reduce need for emergency room visits. v. Services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and in accordance with applicable standards of care. vi. Sobering Unit: Sobering services include an initial medical screening, opportunity to sober up in a safe environment with appropriate supervision, intervention by appropriate trained staff to engage public intoxicant into longer term treatment and, when discharged, provide referrals to additional resources that can aid in sobriety.
