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County staff outline crisis‑intervention training, palm cards and naloxone box outreach
Summary
County community services staff described plans to create a crisis intervention team, distribute palm cards listing local mental‑health and substance‑use resources, and maintain more than 100 naloxone boxes around the county; a formal resolution to support technical assistance for creating a crisis intervention team was mentioned.
County community services staff told the Sullivan County Legislature they are creating a crisis intervention team (CIT) and will seek technical assistance and training to expand officers’ crisis‑response skills.
A staff member said a resolution regarding creation of technical assistance to create a crisis intervention team is expected to come before the legislature; she noted the resolution “would also allow for critical crisis intervention treatment training for officers that have not yet been trained.” She added the…
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