Program Resources

Program Resources

Crisis Intervention Teams are robust programs containing ongoing, operational, and sustaining elements.  The Core Elements included in each of these categories work together to create a fully operational CIT program; therefore, implementation and adherence to the core elements are central to the success of a program’s goals.

Remember CIT International’s motto that “CIT is more than training!”

Ongoing Elements

1. Partnerships: Law Enforcement, Advocacy, Mental Health

2. Community Ownership: Planning, Implementation & Networking

• Northwest Ohio CIT Training Brochure
• CIT Program Evolution Pyramid
  • Depicts the phases and building blocks of a CIT program, beginning with a lower level of formality and emphasis on training and building toward a higher level of formality with emphasis on effectiveness and sustainability.

3. Policies and Procedures

• Crisis Intervention Law Enforcement Policy Guide
• Policies and Procedures Handout CITI 2024
• Public Safety Telecommunicators Addendum
• Cleveland Division of Police Policies
  • CIT Program
  • CIT Definitions
  • CIT Response Final
  • Cleveland Division of Police CIT Selection Process

Operational Elements

4. CIT: Officer, Dispatcher, Coordinator

5. Curriculum: CIT Training

• Program Resource Page

6. Mental Health Receiving Facility: Emergency Services

• Sharing Confidential Mental Health and Addiction Information in Ohio: Mental Health and Addiction Providers and Law Enforcement Manual
• Application for Emergency Hospitalization “Pink Slip”
• Ohio Revised Code 5122.10 Emergency Hospitalization
• Ohio Revised Code 5122.11 Court Ordered Treatment of Mentally Ill Person
• Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Page

Sustaining Elements

7. Evaluation and Research

• Model Crisis Intervention Contact Sheet
• Model Crisis Intervention Contact Sheet Manual
• CIT Bibliography Page

8. In-Service Training

• Training Resource Page

9. Recognition and Honors

10. Outreach: Developing CIT in Other Communities

• Ohio CIT Peer Review Page
• Ohio CIT Coordinator Roster

If you are just getting started in developing a CIT program, please refer to the Getting Started webpage to review the CIT Toolkit, Core Elements, Ohio CIT Coordinators Expert Consensus Document, and much more!