Local Officers Participate in Crisis Intervention Training
DALLAS, GA -- Deputies and officers with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, Hiram Police Department and Cartersville Police Department recently took part in extra training with the Georgia Crisis Intervention Team (CIT).
The 40 hours of training, which concluded on Friday, Feb. 11, will help the officers to more effectively assist individuals with mental illnesses and other brain disorders who are in crisis.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, individuals who have identified brain disorders constitute the most persecuted and least understood group of people in Georgia.
CIT is made up of professionals who are committed to people with mental disorders.