The Effect of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training on Police Officers Responses to Individuals in Behavioral Crisis
Author | : Brooke Bray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Crisis intervention (Mental health services) |
ISBN | : |
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"Research has shown that seven to ten percent of law enforcement encounters involve someone who is mentally ill (Blevins, Lord & Bjerregaard, 2014). In order to educate officers, Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) have increasingly been implemented; CIT training involves forty hours of extensive training where officers are educated on common behaviors and symptoms associated with mental illnesses and how to properly respond to crisis situations. This study examined Seattle Police Department (SPD) use of force reports, specifically those cases in which officers indicated on the use of force reports that the suspect was perceived to be mentally ill, suicidal and/or delusional"--Abstract.