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Crisis Intervention Officer Certification Graduation

Published on February 15, 2019

The Huntsville Police Department will be having a C.I.T. (Crisis Intervention Team) graduation next Friday February 22nd at 3:00pm at the Jaycees Building off Airport Rd. The twenty students that participated, include officers from the Huntsville Police Department , Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Madison Police Department.

The Huntsville Police Department is one of only four law enforcement agencies in the country that received a grant to hold this training. This C.I.T. graduation marks the beginning of a new initiative designed to improve the way law enforcement and the community respond to people experiencing a mental health crisis.