A person experiencing a mental health crisis presents some of the most intricate, dangerous, and unstable conditions that a police officer may encounter.
The Minnesota Crisis Intervention Team Officer's Association provides training for Minnesota law enforcement officers in how to safely de-escalate and defuse these crisis situations with a focus on consumer and officer safety.
I attended the CIT training in Marshall in February. I did use my CIT training the other day with a truck driver that was being uncooperative with one of my partners. The truck driver wouldn't give my partner any information or follow her commands. The truck driver was from a state down south and was stuck in a sandy parking lot with his semi loaded with tractors. When I pulled up I could see the truck driver was in distress. I spoke with the truck driver, and after I showed empathy to him I received his information and a list of medications he was on along with his illnesses. I am firm believer that this training works and will work in the future for me. Thanks again for putting on this training.
Chris Domeier
Renville PD