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Ferndale Boro Police Dept. Geistown Boro Police Dept. Jackson Twp. Police Dept. Johnstown Police Dept. Richland Twp. Police Dept. Stonycreek Twp. Police Dept. University UPJ Campus Police Upper Yoder Twp. Police Dept West Hills Police Dept. Somerset County Conemaugh Twp. Police Dept. Paint Boro Police Dept. Somerset Boro Police Dept. Windber Boro Police Dept. The Laurel Highlands Region Police CIT Would like to Thank You for having us here today!! Visit Us at WWW.LAURELHIGHLANDSCIT.COM EMAIL: CIT@LAURELHIGHLANDSCIT.COM Music by Phil Collins, Look through my eyes from the sound track of the movie “Brother Bear” * Laurel Highlands Region Police CIT Where Is The Laurel Highlands Region? CIT Presently In Cambria and Somerset Counties - PA Cambria CountyThe Johnstown Flood of 1889 Somerset County9/11/01 Flight 93 Memorial  What Does CIT Stand For? CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM What is CIT ? Innovative program of police-based crisis intervention involving community health care and advocacy partnerships Pre-jail diversion program that directs individuals with mental illness into treatment rather than the criminal justice system What Does CIT Do? CIT Officers are highly skilled and specially trained to intervene more effectively with individuals who have mental illness and/or substance abuse issues. WHY CIT? Police increasingly becoming first responders to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. Traditional police responses with individuals in crisis often escalate potentially dangerous situations Knowledge of mental illness is essential to protect the welfare of both the individual as well as the police officer. Jails /prisons increasingly becoming de-facto mental institutions QUESTION: What are the three largest public psychiatric institutions??? 1. Los Angeles County Jail 2. Cook County Jail – Chicago 3. Rikers Island Jail – New York In 1955 there were 560,000 state hospital beds and 200,000 jail cells in the US. In 200