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40
Hour Crisis Intervention
Team (CIT) Training
As Major Sam Cochran, President
of CIT International, says, "CIT is more than just training." The Crisis
Intervention Team (CIT) is an innovative first-responder model of police-based crisis intervention with community, health
care,consumer and advocacy partnerships. The CIT Model was first developed in Memphis and has spread throughout the country.
It is known as the "Memphis Model." CIT provides
law enforcement-based crisis intervention training for assisting those individuals with a mental illness, and improves the
safety of patrol officers, consumers, family members, and citizens within the community. CIT is a program that provides the
foundation necessary to promote community and statewide solutions to assist individuals with a mental illness. The CIT Model
reduces both stigma and the need for further involvement with the criminal justice system. CIT provides a forum for effective
problem solving regarding the interaction between the criminal justice and mental health care system and creates the context
for sustainable change. Basic Goals:
- Improve Officer, Consumer and Community
Safety
- Redirect Individuals with Mental
Illness from the Judicial System to the Health Care System
Partnerships:
Law Enforcement, Advocacy, Mental Health - Central
to the formation and success of CIT is the role of the Law Enforcement Community. Trained CIT Officers are able to
interact with crisis situations using de-escalation techniques that improve the safety of the officer, consumer, and family
members. In addition, the law enforcement community is able to provide care and help to consumers by transporting individuals
in need of special treatment to appropriate facilities. It is also critical that law enforcement participate in the formation
of CIT and engage in all elements of the planning and implementation stages.
- Participation from the Consumer and Advocate Community is
critical to the success of CIT. This aspect of CIT brings the program to life by adding insight from those directly affected.
This important partnership should be established early in the planning process and should continue as an ongoing operational
element of CIT.
- Mental
Health Professionals plays an important role in the successful implementation, development, and ongoing sustainability
of CIT. These professionals provide treatment, education and training that result in a wide dissemination of knowledge and
expertise to both individuals with a mental illness and patrol officers undergoing CIT training.
The Mental Health
Crisis Response Institute use trained CIT law enforcement trainers to conduct CIT trainings. Daily practical
exercises with professional actors are used in the CIT training for realistic experiences to build de-escalation
skills.
$560 per student for the 40 hour, five
day class. Check here for class time and location. Post credits available.
32 Hour Crisis Intervention Training
(CIT) for School Resource Officers
$420 per student for the 32 hour, four day class. Post credits available.
Introduction
to De-escalation for Law Enforcement
8 hour class.
$150 per student, Discounts available for large groups. Post credits available.
Annual
CIT Refresher Training
Update your de-escalation skills and learn about responding
to special populations. 4 hour class. $75 per student. Discounts available for large groups. Post credits available.
- 911 Call Taker and Dispatcher Training
This training is available
to any 911 system that wants to update call taker and dispatcher training to improve dispatch of CIT officers to mental
health 911 calls.
8 hour class.
- CIT Facilitator/Coach Training
This is advanced level
CIT training for CIT officers who are interested in learning new skills or in leading CIT role play training. Class
open to CIT trained officers only.
8 hour class.
$150 per student. Discounts available for large groups.
Check here for class time and location.
Post credits available.
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training or services.
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