Stewart Brought

913-535-3121
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Sergeant Stewart Brought leads the crisis action team. He is Crisis Intervention Team-certified, a member of the Department’s peer support team, and the handler for Haven, the team’s professional therapy K9.

Sgt. Brought began his law enforcement career in 2007. His experience as an officer includes Overland Park, Kansas City, Mo., and Aurora, Co.

Specialty: Crisis Negotiator / Training

Deion Coleman

913-329-5914
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Officer Deion Coleman is a member of the crisis action team. He is Crisis Intervention Team-certified and served as a patrol officer in the department prior to joining OPCAT.

Coleman worked as a behavioral health specialist at two different schools in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools before joining the Overland Park Police Department. Coleman graduated from Hiram College with a bachelor’s degree in general education studies.

Specialty: Youth outreach and engagement

Morgan Hamilton

913-890-1548
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Officer Morgan Hamilton is a member of the crisis action team. He is Crisis Intervention Team-certified and served as a patrol officer in the department prior to joining OPCAT.

Hamilton completed the 40-hour CIT training in 2019. He holds a degree in sociology from Kansas State University and served in the Kansas Army National Guard for eight years.

Specialty: Veteran outreach and engagement

Patrick Henry

913-890-1439
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Officer Patrick Henry is Crisis Intervention Team-certified, part of the Peer Support team, a Negotiator with the Department’s CNT Unit and a certified De-Escalation instructor.

Henry has worked in various roles at the Overland Park Police Department since 2005, including Criminal Investigations, Special Investigations (Narcotics), Strategic Crime Suppression, the US Marshals Task Force, SWAT and Patrol. He is a certified instructor for Firearms, Defensive Tactics and Taser. Patrick holds a Bachelor’s in Environmental Sciences and a Master’s in Criminal Justice from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Specialty: Crisis negotiator and unsheltered population outreach

Ryan Howerton

913-890-1539
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Officer Ryan Howerton is a member of the crisis action team. He is Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Certified and served as a patrol officer prior to joining OPCAT.

Howerton completed the 40-hour CIT training in 2021 as well as advanced CIT youth training and CIT Veteran training in 2022.  He is also a member of the Johnson County Prevention and Recovery Coalition.  He served in the United States Marine Corps for 10 years prior to working in law enforcement.

Specialty: Substance Abuse / Veteran Outreach and Engagement

Justin Shepherd

913-535-3253
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Officer Justin Shepherd is a member of the crisis action team. He is Crisis Intervention Team-certified and served as a patrol officer, field training officer, and school resource officer in the department prior to joining OPCAT.

Shepherd has been a member of the Kansas Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Team Council in Johnson County since 2018. In 2020, he became a voting member of the Kansas CIT Association (KCITA). In 2021 he became a member of the Johnson County Mental Health Center Advisory Board. Officer Shepherd is also a de-escalation, and mental health first aid instructor.

Specialty: Elderly outreach, Training and community engagement

Madeline Ahern

913-292-4657
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Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Madeline Ahern is a member of the crisis action team.

Ahern has been a mental health clinician with Johnson County Mental Health Center and Overland Park Police Department since 2021. She graduated from the University of Kansas with her master’s degree in social work. Ahern is licensed in the state of Kansas.

Amy Gallagher

913-669-3049
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Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Amy Gallagher is a member of the crisis action team.

Gallagher has been a mental health clinician with Johnson County Mental Health and the Overland Park Police Department since 2023. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a master’s degree in Social Work. Co-Responder Gallagher is licensed in the state of Kansas.

Morgan Knight

913-535-3283
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Co-Responder Morgan Knight is a team lead for the Overland Park Police Department Crisis Action Team and the Olathe Police Department Advanced Crisis Intervention Team.

Knight has been a mental health clinician with Johnson County Mental Health Center and Overland Park Police Department since 2019. She graduated from the University of Kansas with her master’s degree in social work. Knight is licensed in the state of Kansas.

Alex Scott

913-895-6307
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Britney Waterworth

913-895-6221
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Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Britney Waterworth is a member of the crisis action team.

Waterworth has been a mental health clinician with Johnson County Mental Health and the Overland Park Police Department since 2022. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a master’s degree in counseling and guidance. Waterworth is licensed in Kansas and Missouri.

Shannon Watson-Smith

913-212-6345
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Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Shannon Watson-Smith is a member of the crisis action team.

Watson-Smith has been a mental health clinician with Johnson County Mental Health and the Overland Park Police Department since 2024. She graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene University with a master’s degree in counseling. Co-Responder Watson-Smith is licensed in the state of Kansas.

Haven

Haven is a rescued black lab who was trained by K9’s for Independence and Freedom.

Haven provides peer support to the Overland Park Police Department and the community, and respond to calls for service with OPCAT.