Crisis Intervention

This session “drills down” into programs operated by the Tucson, Arizona Police Department’s Mental Health Support Team, including Drug Deflection, Co-responder, Peer Navigator, Crisis Intervention Training, and more. Participants will leave this session with a roadmap for starting any of all of these programs in their home jurisdiction. A historical perspective will educate attendees in the methods used to start these programs in Tucson, Arizona.

During this webinar, the presenter will discuss:

The Center for Public Safety and Justice (CPSJ), located within the University of Illinois, proposed to work with the University of Memphis to complete a BJA-approved national curriculum on the topic of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for police professionals. This engagement was subsequently transferred to CNA after the key curriculum developer accepted a position with CNA.