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County notes four graduates of CIT training; officials praise de-escalation benefit
Summary
Officials said four people graduated from the county's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program since the last meeting and described the training's role in de-escalating encounters with individuals experiencing mental-health crises.
Meeting participants reported that four people have completed the county's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training since the last meeting and highlighted the program's role in reducing use-of-force incidents.
"We had 4 graduates since our last job board meeting, CIT program," Speaker 1 said. He described the training as a program that helps officers and related professionals de-escalate encounters with people experiencing mental-health crises instead of resorting to force: "This just gives them the tools to help deescalate the situation without going, you know, to a use of force type situation."
Speaker 1 said the county has been sending staff to the CIT program for about eight or nine years and that the training sessions typically run in early spring and at the end of winter. He noted that the program includes not only law enforcement but also case workers and other related professionals.
No formal action or budget allocation connected to the CIT training was recorded in the transcript excerpt; the remarks were made as part of general new-business updates.
