CIT Crisis Intervention Team Utah

Law Enforcement and the Mental Health Consumer

What is CIT?  Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) are teams of specially trained law enforcement officers. These officers are trained in tactics to effectively deal with a person experiencing a mental crisis, as well as every day interaction.

A CIT Officer has successfully completed state-authorized training, and passes required testing, to become certified as a Crisis Intervention Team Officer through the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

If you have a loved one experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 911 or contact your local law enforcement office and request a CIT-trained officer.  Let them know this is a mental health crisis.

Chief Chris Burbank of the Salt Lake City Police Department speaking on CIT:

CIT Academy

The CIT Academy is a forty-hour course that is completed in a one-week session. The instructors include Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, Specialists, and Police Instructors.

CIT Academy students receive training in:

• Introduction to clinical disorders
• Psychotropic medications
• Borderline personalities
• Substance Abuse
• Dual Diagnosis
• Legal Issues
• Suicide Prevention
• Elderly and Children’s Issues
• Developmentally disabled
• Community resources
• Consumer perspectives
• Intervention strategies

Information on Less Lethal Weapons

NAMI National Policy on Use of Less Lethal Weapons

Department of Justice Report on Use of Less Lethal Weapons

Online Resources

Salt Lake City Police CIT Info

List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Utah Participating in CIT

Crisis Intervention Teams for Youth