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Local Law Enforcement Agencies Receive Crisis Intervention Team Training Grant (posted April 24, 2012)
The Appleton Police Department received notice that they are the recipient of a $57,833 grant to support the costs associated with officers attending a week long Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program. CIT training is a specialized 40-hour training program focused on recognizing and understanding the signs and symptoms of mental illness with emphasis on de-escalation.
The Appleton Police Department, which is the lead agency for this grant, collaborates with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Fox Valley to conduct the training two times per year. CIT is conducted as a collaborative effort involving many of the mental health providers in the Fox Cities including Outagamie County and Winnebago County Human Services, Affinity, Thedacare and Children's Hospitals, FVTC, UW-Fox Valley and several other agencies.
Several Fox Cities police agencies are receiving training assistance from the grant
The Appleton Police Department was the first police agency in Wisconsin to host CIT training. More than 350 officers have been trained since 2004.
For more information contact Sgt John Wallschlaeger at the Appleton Police Department at 920-832-5544
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