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Registration
Opens for 2015 CIT Academy
Registration is now open for the 2015 Crisis Intervention Team Academy
for Law Enforcement Professionals. Members of law enforcement
departments in Darke, Miami and Shelby County are eligible to register
for the free four-day training.
The CIT Academy is a nationally recognized program that teaches law
enforcement safe and effective approaches to handling crisis incidents
involving a mentally ill individual. The intensive 4-day training is
conducted under the instructional supervision of local CIT-trained
police officers, mental health professionals, consumers, and family
advocates and will offer practical techniques for de-escalating crisis
situations.
The 2015 Academy is the 10th annual class led by the Tri-County Board
of Recovery and Mental Health Services. Through 2014, more than 170 law
enforcement officers and professional staff in the Tri-County area have
graduated from the CIT Academy. Class enrollment is capped at 20.
Companion courses to CIT are presented periodically for specialized
audiences whose positions may put them at the intersection of the
criminal justice and behavioral health systems. Registration is
currently under way for one-day companion courses for Shelby County
court, probation and parole personnel, and for emergency dispatchers.
Both of those courses are in March, and have limited and specific
audiences.
Other companion courses may be one-, two-, or three-day courses for
behavioral health professionals to gain a better understanding of the
law enforcement perspective, for teachers, or for other specialty
audiences. The Tri-County Board makes the training available at no cost
to the organizations. The free training is made possible with funds
from the Tri-County Mental Health Levy, and by grants from NAMI Ohio.
For more information about the CIT Academy or Companion Courses,
contact Brad Reed, Director of Community Resource Development, by email
at ReedB@tcbmds.org, or by phone at 937-335-7727 ext 209. Information
about the CIT Academy and Companion Courses can be found on the
Tri-County Board's website, www.tcbmds.org, under the Community tab.
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