Crisis Intervention Team Training( CIT) 2023

A Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is a model for community policing that brings together law enforcement, mental health providers, hospital emergency departments and individuals with mental illness and their families to improve responses to people in crisis. CIT programs enhance communication, identify mental health resources for assisting people in crisis and ensure that officers get the training and support that they need. 

CIT programs provide officers with 40 hours of intensive training, including:

• Learning from mental health professionals and experienced officers in your community. One of the reasons CIT is successful is that it connects officers with a team of clinicians and fellow officers who can advise, problem-solve and support them when a challenging situation occurs.
• Personal interaction with people who have experienced and recovered from mental health crisis and with family members who have cared for loved ones with mental illness. NAMI members present at the training, providing officers a first-hand opportunity to hear stories of recovery, ask questions and learn what helps (and harms) when a person is in a crisis.
• Verbal de-escalation skills. CIT teaches a new set of skills for ensuring officer safety – the words, approach and body language that convince a person to get help or defuse a potentially violent encounter.
• Scenario-based training on responding to crises. With the help of volunteers or actors, officers practice their skills in common crisis situations and get immediate feedback from instructors and classmates.  Self-Care Healthy first responders create healthy communities – and vice versa.

CIT gives officers more tools to do their job safely and effectively. It helps keep people with mental illness out of J*il and get them into treatment, where they are more likely to get on the road to recovery.

• This training is specifically for law enforcement professionals in Clark, Greene and Madison counties of Ohio
• Ohio mandate states that 1/3 of all officers on staff should be CIT trained.
• Studies show that 10% of all police calls will involve someone with a form of mental illness
• Attendees who have frequent public interactions are excellent CIT candidates.

Dates: Monday August 28th - Friday September 1st

Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm Daily

Location: Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - 100 S Fountain Ave, Springfield, OH 45502

For questions please contact Adam Kempf via e-mail [email protected]

• Must attend each day of training for the full amount of time in order to receive credit.

• Must agree to and be comfortable with class participation and engagement.

Host or Publisher Mental Health & Recovery Board of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties