Talk:Police crisis intervention team

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Sources for expanding the article
I'm planning to expand this article. These are some of the sources I intend to use: —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 22:37, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Texas
I deleted the following, because it is particular to a small area:

Bexar County, San Antonio The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and San Antonio Police Department in partnership with the Center for Healthcare Services (the local mental health authority) began its CIT program in October 2003.

The first CIT class was conducted in 2003 at the San Antonio State Hospital. A team of Houston PD Officers led by Officer Frank Webb traveled from Houston to “train the trainers”. This was the initial impetus for CIT development in San Antonio.

The goal of our CIT effort is to provide more efficient service to the community when responding to calls where a mentally ill person is in crisis, and to ensure the safety of both the officer and mental health consumer. CIT Officers are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness and the medications used to treat them. CIT Officers have developed a close partnership with the local mental health authority, the Center for Health Care Services, The University Hospital System, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the many public and private mental health providers in the City of San Antonio. Our community partnership has led to more effective service to persons with mental illness, the diversion of mentally ill persons from jail to treatment, and a commitment from the community to build and fund a Crisis Care Center which will provide "24/7" medical and mental health care exclusively for law enforcement officers.

Maurreen (talk) 05:24, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

More resources
Here are more. Maurreen (talk)
 * Thanks! I've added more info and wrapped 'em up in cite templates so they're ready to copy & paste into the article. Plus, the Portland Press Herald series led me to a couple more articles that look promising. —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 23:32, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like there's some good stuff in the search results from Google Scholar, too. —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 23:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)