The Crisis Intervention Training was a 36-hour course meant to help police officers develop “empathy and rapport” with a person and thereby prevent a violent confrontation.

Union County law enforcement and mental health professionals have joined forces to implement Crisis Intervention Team training. Known as CIT, this 40 hour joint training teaches police and mental ...

Crisis Intervention Team training promotes collaboration between police and mental health workers to respond to anyone suffering a mental health emergency, according to the Cumberland County ...

The extensive 40 hour CIT course is considered by law enforcement experts to be the gold standard training on how to deal with individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

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

Law enforcement officers from across the area are gathering in Wichita to complete “Crisis Intervention Team” training.

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.

Corey said that de-escalation training is already used in certain crisis intervention units and that this week a core group of 40 training officers will bring the curriculum to recruits in the ...

A 40-hour crisis intervention team (CIT) training session was hosted last week at the North Little Rock Justice Center by Dr. Buster Lackey, the executive director of National Alliance on Mental ...

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