Crisis intervention training Engemark, along with his colleagues Chad Poynter and Shannon Chambers have been full-time crisis intervention deputies for mental health calls since August.

Especially in some extreme cases, it is often that police are the ones called when there is a lack of mental health services available around the clock for community members. But ...

Since CIT classes began in Lucas County about 20 years ago, more than 1,000 first responders have been trained.

Courses within the department, including Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), also teach this in more detail.

Crisis Intervention Team training is an annual in-service class taught to law enforcement officers across the state, modeled after a program devised by police in Memphis meant to help people in ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Department and Fire Department leaders detailed the 40 hour mental health training that some first responders have completed so far.