When law enforcement officer go to help someone, they never know exactly what situation they will encounter. If officers are faced with a behavioral health emergency, they call the Mobile Evaluation Team (MET), KernBHRS' crisis intervention team. 

Made up of behavioral health professionals, the MET's primary goal is to divert people from the judicial system by connecting them to local behavioral health services. The MET assesses a person during a crisis and refers them to the appropriate resources in the community. 

Services Available

Community Outreach

Provides crisis intervention training to local law enforcement as well as specialized trainings to hospitals. 

Crisis Intervention Team

A multi-agency task for that works to fill in gaps within services to keep people out of the judicial system. 

Joint Evaluation Teams

The goal of these teams is to decrease three types of recidivism; incarcerations, in-patient psychiatric services, and homelessness by connecting people to services.

Mobile Evaluation Team

This crisis intervention team responds alongside law enforcement to behavioral health emergencies to provide crisis intervention and evaluations for voluntary and involuntary treatment. 

Virtual MET

With the help of technology, officers from the outlying areas of Kern can also virtually connect to the MET.