Wednesday, February 02, 2005

NAMI of Greater Chicago Announces Launch of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) TrainingAnnouncement at the NAMI web site on Chicago becoming the largest U.S. city to offer Crisis Intervention Team training for its police officers- " Developed in collaboration with the Chicago Police Department, NAMI of Greater Chicago, the Illinois Office of Mental Health, and a host of Chicago area mental health providers, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for experienced Chicago police officers was launched in October 2004. This 40-hour training program is being piloted with officers from the 7th and 23rd districts and, once evaluated and refined, will be expanded to other districts. CIT training was initially developed in Memphis is 1990 and has been duplicated in many cities across the nation with success in terms of increased safety of officers, and decreased arrests and injuries to persons with mental illness." See also NAMI's CIT resources.