TOLEDO, Ohio — Nearly 30 northwest Ohio first responders are now better equipped to handle a person in crisis. On Friday, Officer Wyatt Saylor worked through a scenario given to him by a professional ...

Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Sciences Unit has completed the first in a series of week-long, 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) courses, ...

Police officers from around the area graduated at the South Bend Police Department to become a member of the Crisis ...

The calls can widely vary for crisis intervention deputies. It could be mental illness, a suicide, a suicide attempt or a juvenile problem. Sometimes it can be overdoses. Whenever the three crisis ...

Training hasn’t stopped deadly outcomes on some NYC 911 mental‑health calls. New reporting lays out which cases and what ...

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Police departments will soon receive federal funding to enhance their crisis intervention training. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced the $1.2 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Police Department and Fire Department leaders detailed the 40 hour mental health training that some first responders have completed so far. During a news conference on ...

Two dozen law enforcement officers and first responders graduated this year from the Crisis Intervention Training academy, hosted by the Twin Falls Police Department alongside St. Luke’s Health System ...

The program trains first responders to better assist people experiencing mental health crises.

Editor's note: This story deals with the issues of suicide and mental health. If you need help, and this is an emergency, please call 911 or one of the helplines listed at the bottom of this story.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Sciences Unit has completed the first in a series of week-long, 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) courses. Sheriff’s deputies and ...