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CSP AND DOWNTOWN’S PUBLIC SPACES
Over the last ten months, three Community Service Patrol Ambassadors (CSP) operating in a defined area downtown initiated and resolved 1,465 encounters with chronically inebriated people in public spaces. These encounters resulted in:
- 1,087 transports from downtown to an ‘appropriate point of care’
- service to 286 unique individuals
- blood alcohol levels exceeded .300 in 328 of the transports, or 30%
- 68 individuals had injuries or complaints requiring CSP transport to the hospital
- CSP found 6 individuals with injuries requiring EMS transport to the hospital
- 71 individuals were pre-empted from getting inebriated (CSP discarded their alcohol)
The Community Service Patrol serves a dual function. First, the CSP provides a visual and physical presence on foot patrol to help make downtown welcoming and safe for all. Second, as a partner to the Golden Heart Project, the CSP responds to calls and conducts foot- and van-patrols in downtown Fairbanks to encounter incapacitated or intoxicated persons as defined in AS 47.37.270, takes them into protective custody against victimization or climate, and transports them to ‘appropriate points of care’.
The Downtown Association of Fairbanks Community Services (DAFCS), a 501(c)(3) corporation, contracts with Securitas, Inc to staff the Community Service Patrol. Supervised by the Executive Director of the DAFCS and governed by operating protocols, the CSP program is funded in largest part in 2010 by the City of Fairbanks, the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, the Alaska Mental Health Trust, Doyon, Inc, and the Downtown Association of Fairbanks.
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