Officers responded to the facility in response to a runaway call. Officers located the resident and transported her back to the facility.
Police Report
Missing Person, Police Report
PRLU or OLTC
Elopement, Notice of Incident, Visit Compliance Report
A resident eloped off the grounds of the facility. Springdale Police located the resident and transported her back to the facility. The resident was placed on elopement precautions. Staff present during the incident received remedial elopement prevention training.
Licensing Specialist: Chelsea Vardell
LS Vardell reviewed video footage of the incident.
PRLU or OLTC
Visit Compliance Report
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility to perform a Corrective Action Visit.
Police Report
Assault, Police Report
Officers responded to the facility after receiving a report from a parent that her child had been assaulted by another resident at the facility.
Police Report
Alarm, Police Report
Officers responded to the facility in reference to an alarm. False alarm.
PRLU or OLTC
Medical, Notice of Incident
A resident was transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital after having difficulty breathing.
Police Report
Missing Person, Police Report
Officers responded to the facility in response to a missing person. Officers located the resident and transported her back to the facility.
PRLU or OLTC
Elopement, Notice of Incident, Visit Compliance Report
A resident eloped off the grounds of the facility. Police located the resident and transported them back to the facility. The resident was placed on elopement precautions and restricted to the facility.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility to review video footage of this incident. In response to the incident, the facility has spoken to the Fire Department on allowing the gym door to be locked. The door leading outside will be supervised more during gym time.
PRLU or OLTC
Notice of Incident, Physical Maltreatment, Visit Compliance Report
A resident reported that they did not feel safe after being restrained during an elopement attempt.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility in response to this incident. Video of the incident was reviewed.
This complaint was UNFOUNDED by Licensing and UNSUBSTANTIATED by CACD. The employee involved in the incident received retraining in Handle With Care.
PRLU or OLTC
Visit Compliance Report
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility to review restraint information for November 2024. All restraints reviewed contained required documentation and physician approval and were signed within the required time frame.
PRLU or OLTC
CAP, IOC Report
Deficiencies were noted during the Inpatient Psychiatric Inspection of Care (IOC) conducted at the facility. A Corrective Action Plan was submitted by the facility and approved.
Police Report
Police Report, Sex Offence
Officers received a child abuse report related to the facility from the Arkansas State Police. Officers sat in as the ASP investigator interviewed the related parties.
This report is related to the 11/17/2024 Notice of Incident from the facility.
PRLU or OLTC
Notice of Incident, Peer Sexual Contact, Visit Compliance Report
A resident reported that she and her roommate had engaged in inappropriate touching after lights out. The residents were separated upon notification and placed on peer restriction, sexual acting out precautions, and Line of Sight precautions.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility in response to the incident. Video from 11/17/24 – 11/19/24 around lights out was reviewed for bed check compliance. Review showed required checks were performed per minimum licensing standards.
This complaint has been UNFOUNDED by Licensing and UNSUBSTANTIATED by CACD.
Police Report
Assault, Police Report
Officers responded to the facility in response to a report of a child who was kicked in the stomach and was spitting up blood. The resident was transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital for evaluation.
PRLU or OLTC
Notice of Incident, Peer Altercation, Visit Compliance Report
A resident began throwing up and reported intense pain after being kicked in the stomach during a peer altercation. The resident was transported to the Emergency Room for evaluation and returned to the facility later that evening. Both residents were placed on assault precautions.
PRLU or OLTC
Visit Compliance Report
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility to review chemical restraint administration policies and procedures. Medical administration records for three recent restraints were reviewed to ensure restraint documentation was up-to-date and approved by a physician before administration.
The facility records for the restraints were found to be in compliance of minimum licensing standards.
Police Report
Police Report, Sex Offence
Officers received a child abuse report related to the facility from the Arkansas State Police. The report states that a resident complained that another resident touched her and digitally penetrated her vagina without her consent.
This report is related to the 11/5/2024 Notice of Incident from the facility.
PRLU or OLTC
Notice of Incident, Peer Forced Sexual Contact, Visit Compliance Report
A resident reported that her peer came to her bed during the night and kissed and touched her without consent, digitally penetrating her vagina. The resident stated that she told her peer to stop and that the peer’s actions hurt her. The two residents were placed on peer restriction and moved to different units.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
LS Parnell visited the facility in response to this complaint. Q15 report logs were reviewed. Witness statements from supervising staff and the two residents involved were requested and reviewed. Video of the incident was not available, because it occurred in a private area. Licensing reviewed video footage of bed checks for the date of the incident and found that bed checks conducted at 22:02 and 22:47 did not meet minimum standards for bed checks, which are required every 30 minutes. The facility was cited for 906.7. The facility will provide retraining documentation for bed checks for the staff involved.
This complaint has been UNFOUNDED by Licensing.
PRLU or OLTC
Visit Compliance Report
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
11/7/2024 – A corrective action inspection was completed at the facility to review restraint logs, restraint packets, ensuring packets were signed by a doctor within two business days, camera audit logs for the month of October, and UAMS training logs. Documentation for the reviewed information was sent to licensing.
PRLU or OLTC
Complaint Visit, IOC
Deficiencies were noted during the Inpatient Psychiatric Inspection of Care (IOC) conducted at the facility.
This IOC visit was triggered by a complaint against the facility.
Police Report
Disorderly Conduct, Police Report
Staff advised dispatch that they have a juvenile who is acting out and they are having issues with her and currently have her restrained. She said that they may need police eventually but not right now.
There were at 2 times what sounded like a juvenile screaming in the background of the call.
Staff advised dispatch that a resident just arrived back from JDC and was starting to cause some issues but is fine now. Staff stated the judge advised them to contact police when she got out of hand so it could be documented.
Police Report
Assault, Police Report
On 10/2/24 a report was received from Arkansas DHS in regards to a new report. The DHS snapshot was reviewed and the following is a summary of the report. AV (Alleged Victim) is a resident of Perimeter Behavioral of the Ozarks and AO (Alleged Offender) is a staff member. On 9/30/24, staff received a grievance form stating, “[AO] put bruises on me. ” For context, this resident has been involved in four restraints since 9/26/24 with various staff members. Each restraint was reviewed by camera by multiple leadership personnel and no misconduct was noted. Additionally, [AV] was medically assessed after each incident and did not present with bruising.
Officer spoke with Cathey Coleman who advised this report was assigned to another caseworker who was out. Cathey advised that she spoke with staff who said that they had received multiple reports from [AV] alleging physical abuse and that none had been verified. Staff said that [AO] had been suspended during their investigation as part of their policy. One incident was observed where [AO] had restrained [AV] during an active fight between [AV] and another resident. [AO] only ever restrained [AV] and did not strike her. Lastly, Cathey told officer the only injury observed were bruises on [AV’s] biceps and were consistent with restraining her. Officer requested video and images when they were obtained and has not received anything at this time.
Due to video footage only showing restraining as part of his job and no evidence of abuse, officer closed case as inactive and submitted it to supervisor for review. “Once the video footage is received the case can be reopened if there is evidence to the contrary.”
PRLU or OLTC
Notice of Incident, Self-Harm, Visit Compliance Report
On 09/29/24, resident self-harmed with a piece of wood, resulting in a laceration on the right forearm. Resident was sent to Arkansas Children’s Hospital where she received 6 stitches. She returned to Perimeter and was placed on self-harm precautions for 72 hours and is under line-of-sight observation.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
10/8/2024 – A visit was conducted to do a walkthrough of the facility in regards to the report and inspect beds with pressed wood board. Upon inspection, the boards appeared in good repair, and not chipped. It was not verified that the resident acquired the wood from the bed as there are no obvious signs of damage. The facility will be replacing all pressed wood boards in the residents’ rooms as a precaution. Housekeeping staff will conduct regular inspections of the beds until the boards are replaced. 10/15/2024 – the facility sent documentation that the fiberboards have been replaced in the bedrooms.
Police Report
Police Report, Suicide Attempt
Fire Department assisted a female who had cut herself with a piece of wood at the facility. Juvenile was transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police Report
Assault, Police Report
On September 29, 2024, I (Officer French 367) was dispatched to 2466 South 48th Street for a disturbance call. The caller stated that 7-8 residents were causing issues and attacking the staff. Upon arrival, Officer Moore 397 made contact with the caller Kristopher Teed. Kristopher explained that the building is housing about thirty female juveniles. He stated about seven of them were making threats and had attacked the staff before. Once inside the building, the female juveniles are heard yelling and screaming. The juveniles are heard screaming profanities at the staff and officers. The staff member who was attacked was identified as Jaibriel Burke. The suspect juvenile is identified as [redacted].
While speaking with Jaibriel, juveniles in the rec room started destroying property in the room. Staff members went into the rooms and the juveniles started attacking the staff. One female juvenile had to be restrained due to attacking Kristopher. Kristopher stated he wanted to press charges so the female juvenile identified as [redacted] was detained.
While speaking with Juvenile Intake Officers, they advised that they would be detaining both of the juveniles and requested that officers transport them to the Washington County Juvenile Detention Center. Both juveniles were given a court date and transported to Washington County JDC.