This article originally appeared in the January 2026 issue of Town&Gown magazine. When Ferguson Township Police Sergeant Ryan ...

Southside Behavioral Health recently completed its 21st 40-hour Core Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training, welcoming ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Nearly 30 northwest Ohio first responders are now better equipped to handle a person in crisis. On Friday, Officer Wyatt Saylor worked through a scenario given to him by a professional ...

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — The pandemic has shone a light on the growing mental health crisis and at the receiving end are law enforcement officers answering calls for help. For every call they answer ...

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training is expanding, although still not mandated in Connecticut. It prepares police officers for calls involving people in a mental health crisis, which cannot always ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WASHINGTON — To help military police and other first responders care for individuals experiencing a crisis, the ...

The weeklong, 40 hour training is facilitated by Valley HealthCare System in partnership with Trigon Training Group and the ...

Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger, center, and Lata Menon, CEO of First Choice Services, left, talked to a group of local mental health officials, local law enforcement and others at the Wood ...

The calls can widely vary for crisis intervention deputies. It could be mental illness, a suicide, a suicide attempt or a juvenile problem. Sometimes it can be overdoses. Whenever the three crisis ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Department and Fire Department leaders detailed the 40 hour mental health training that some first responders have completed so far. During a news conference on ...