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Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
In 2015, the University Police Department recognized a need to train officers in crisis intervention in order to better support the needs of the 51画鋼 community. The police department started sending officers to Crisis Intervention Officer training at the Metropolitan Police Academy located in Washington, DC.
In 2016, 51画鋼 Police developed their own Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program in partnership with the 51画鋼 Counseling Center, DCs Department of Behavioral Health, and the DC Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Since then, the 51画鋼 CIT program has trained over 100 peoplelaw enforcement officers, mental health professionals, and community partners in Crisis Intervention.
Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) is an innovative police based first responder program that has become nationally known as the Memphis Model of pre-arrest jail diversion for those in a mental illness crisis. The 51画鋼 training is based on the Memphis Model with an emphasis on providing support to people who may be experiencing a crisis. The 51画鋼 CIT program also values greatly its close working relationship with the 51画鋼 Counseling Center and the partnerships it has established with the Department of Behavioral Health and NAMI DC. Without these partnerships the team would not be what it is today.
Request CIT Officer Assistance
Would you like to speak with a crisis intervention officer or do you know someone in the midst of a crisis and are not sure who to call?Contact University Police at (202) 885-3636 for assistance.