CIT Utah
for Community Members - Intervention Strategies
Community members, tasked to work with the public, can encounter a situation involving an emotionally escalated individual. De-escalation Training for Community Members - Intervention Strategies, is a two-hour course of instruction that focuses on de-escalating a situation and maintaining safety until a resolution can be reached or until others can respond to take the situation over. In receiving this training, community members will learn techniques to remain calm and respond rationally in emotionally charged situations. Community members will also learn to recognize hooks and triggers as a method to enhance understanding, create empathy, and lead to de-escalation. Additionally, community members will learn simple acronyms that can be implemented as tools to safely guide their actions in these emotionally charged situations.
Community members, tasked to work with the public, can encounter a situation involving an emotionally escalated individual. De-escalation Training for Community Members - Intervention Strategies, is a two-hour course of instruction that focuses on de-escalating a situation and maintaining safety until a resolution can be reached or until others can respond to take the situation over.
In receiving this training, community members will learn techniques to remain calm and respond rationally in emotionally charged situations. Community members will also learn to recognize hooks and triggers as a method to enhance understanding, create empathy, and lead to de-escalation. Additionally, community members will learn simple acronyms that can be implemented as tools to safely guide their actions in these emotionally charged situations.
This course is taught in a high-energy, casual, and interactive format.
This scheduled course of instruction is by invitation only and not open to the public.
This CIT Academy is a forty-hour course of instruction that is completed in a one-week session.
The objectives of the CIT Academy are to:
• Increase officers' awareness of behavioral health issues and empathy of individuals experiencing behavioral health disorders.
• Instruct officers in effective techniques utilized when encountering individuals experiencing behavioral health issues and provide safer interventions.
• Broaden officers' knowledge of resources and understanding of legal issues.
• Assist officers with understanding how to provide the most appropriate resolutions.
Peace Officers who successfully complete this training and pass all required testing will be recognized by the State of Utah as a CIT Officer.
Non peace officers that successfully complete this training will receive a certificate of completion.
Due to some physical aspects of this academy, peace officers on light duty will not be allowed to attend.
Hosted by:
The Brigham City Police Department
The Logan City Police Department
& Bear River Mental Health
Tuition for this Academy:
$75 for Peace Officers of agencies in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties
$150 for Peace Officers of agencies outside of those counties
$75 for all Non Peace Officers
For further information, please contact:
Sgt. Jared Glover, Brigham City Police Dept.
jglover@brighamcity.utah.gov
(435) 734-6650
or
CIT Regional Coordinators
Sgt. Louise Speth, Logan City Police Dept.
louise.speth@loganutah.org
(435) 994-1662
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Tuition for this Academy is $75
The Utah Department of Corrections
For further information, please contact CIT Corrections Coordinators:
Captain Ron Wilson
RonaldWilson@utah.gov
(385) 272-3177
Captain Joseph Doman
JDoman@utah.gov
(801) 243-8152
Captain Ericson Smith
EricsonSmith@utah.gov
(385) 215-5013
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The Weber County sheriff's Office
& Weber Human services
$75 for Peace Officers of agencies within Weber and Morgan counties.
$150 for Peace Officers of agencies outside of Weber and Morgan counties.
CIT Regional Coordinator
Cpl. Cortney Ryan, Weber County Sheriff's Office
coryan@co.weber.ut.us
(801) 807-8917
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The Layton City Police Department
& Davis Behavioral Health
$75 for Peace Officers of agencies within Davis County.
$150 for Peace Officers of agencies outside of Davis County.
Lt. Travis Lyman, Layton City Police Dept.
tlyman@laytoncity.org
(801) 336-3443
The Cedar City Police Department
& Southwest Behavioral Health Center
$75 for Peace Officers of agencies within Iron, Washington, Kane, Beaver, Garfield Counties.
$150 for Peace Officers of agencies outside of those counties.
Corporal Justin Chappell, Cedar City Police Dept.
jchappell@cedarcity.org
(435) 865-5113
This no cost, 4-hour course of instruction is for all Utah CIT Officers and those who have successfully completed a CIT Utah Academy. Registration to open in October.
CIT Utah