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Police commission adopts Crisis Intervention Team order, outlines expanded training and data collection
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously adopted a departmental general order establishing a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), formalizing 40-hour CIT officer training plus additional tactical hours, station-level liaison officers and new data collection to track outcomes and use of the program.
The San Francisco Police Commission adopted a departmental general order Tuesday that formally establishes a citywide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program and lays out training, team structure and data collection for officers who respond to mental-health crises.
Commissioners heard a multi-part presentation from Samara Marion, Lieutenant Molina and other working-group members that described the DGO as the product of 18 months of collaboration among city departments, public defenders, mental‑health advocates and families affected by critical incidents. Marion told the commission the order reflects the department’s use‑of‑force policy and emphasizes sanctity of life,…
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