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Councilors press department on CIT and Project SEED roles, funding and response activity
Summary
Council members questioned Community Services and Public Safety officials about the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and Project SEED programs: staffing, fiscal lines and whether the teams are meeting prevention and crisis‑response expectations.
Council members pressed county staff May 22 for details about Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and Project SEED staffing, budgets and recent responses as part of the Community Services and Public Safety budget reviews.
Councilman Street and others voiced frustration that the intervention programs often arrive after incidents, asking for clearer evidence of prevention and crisis‑response activity. “I don't see prevention. And coming in after all hell breaks loose doesn't do any good,” Street said during the Community Services presentation.
Carrie Casey, general manager of Community Services, described the CIT program budgeted at…
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