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The 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) training included patrol officers, parole officers, probation officers, and peer supporters from Bellefontaine Municipal Court Probation, ODRC/APA (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections Adult Parole Authority), Bellefontaine Police Department, Mechanicsburg Police Department, New Logan Unit / A1012 Parole, Recovery Zone of Champaign County, St. Paris Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Urbana Police Division and Wings Support and Recovery.
The classroom portion of the training covered mental health disorders, substance use disorders, trauma-informed policing, legal issues, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) panel/lived experiences, post traumatic stress disorders/traumatic brain injuries, military and veteran cultural considerations and ICAT (Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics™) Critical Decision-Making Model.
The training also included a full day of site visits to local behavioral health resources and concluded with a day of role-playing the ICAT de-escalation tactics.
Info from MHDAS Board of Logan and Champaign Counties
