Officers Corrigan & March complete Crisis Intervention Team training

WAKE FOREST, NC – The Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) is pleased to announce that Officers Corrigan and March recently completed Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training.

A specialized law enforcement program, the CIT is a partnership between Wake County law enforcement agencies, Wake County Human Services, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The initiative is designed to develop a more effective, compassionate, and safer approach to interacting with people suffering from a mental illness or developmental disability crisis.

The CIT provides 40 hours of specialized training to sworn law enforcement officers. The training helps officers identify individuals in a mental health crisis and utilize effective techniques to deescalate crisis situations. As a result, there are fewer incidents of incarceration of persons with mental illness for misdemeanor charges, and fewer injuries to both officers and individuals with mental illness.