In this study, we sampled sworn police officers from three law enforcement agencies (n=
452), each of which had different system responses to mentally ill people in crisis. One …

More than a decade ago, the tragic shooting of a mentally ill person by a police officer in
Memphis, Tennessee, led to the development of an innovative program for jail diversion and …

OBJECTIVES: In recognition of the fact that police are often the first responders for
individuals who are experiencing a mental illness crisis, police departments nationally are …

Research suggests that many police officers do not feel appropriately trained or prepared to
assess and respond to encounters with community members with mental illnesses; however …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? People with serious mental illnesses
are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Interventions such as Crisis Intervention …

OBJECTIVE: The study compared three models of police responses to incidents involving
people thought to have mental illnesses to determine how often specialized professionals …

Discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of crisis intervention teams
(CIT). The CIT model originated in Memphis in 1998. It was developed in response to a crisis …

The crisis intervention team (CIT) is a tool that can be used to foster pre‐booking diversion of
individuals with mental illness from the criminal justice system and into community treatment …

Abstract The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is an approach for law enforcement
officers to safely response to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis …

The Crisis intervention team model (CIT) is possibly the most well known and widely
adopted model to improve police response to persons with mental illness. A primary goal of …