Crisis Intervention Training

A premature rush to routinely dispatch psychologists and social workers to the scene of potentially lethal police-citizen encounters may be a matter of misapplied good intentions

Insights into crisis response team structure and communication strategies

In May 2023, London's police commissioner announced plans to stop police response to mental health emergencies unless there's a direct life threat

Duty-to-intervene training isn’t just good policy, it’s better for officer well-being

VirTra’s compassionate communication training aligns with police objectives while mitigating trauma exposure

As part of the settlement, the city agreed all officers will receive 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Training and there will be refresher training every year

Christian Glass was killed by a sheriff's deputy while suffering a mental health crisis. Part of the family's $19M settlement will change how officers are trained

The funding was announced on the fifth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida

"A few tears rolled down my eyes while his were still flowing. It was like a mother and son ... as if he was my third child, my third son," the officer recalled

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The grant, awarded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services, will go toward funding contracted social workers and training members within the unit

The changes include centralizing the Crisis Intervention Team and equipping CIT officers with less lethal weapons such as Bolawraps

A report found 30% of PDs created programs that either paired specialists — like paramedics or therapists — with police or sent them to incidents in lieu of LEOs

Eyewitnesses to the shooting indicated the police did all that they could to de-escalate the situation before the man charged at the officers

A web-based police training course outlines public safety de-escalation tactics for military veterans in crisis