Plan ongoing training and In-Services
After an initial CIT training, there are many reasons to follow up with further training. Additional training may include:
- 40 hour CIT courses, to train additional CIT officers. Since turnover is common, it's important to ensure that the law enforcement agency always has enough CIT officers. In addition, communities often open their training to neighboring law enforcement agencies.
- In-service training on specialized topics such as responding to youth in crisis, responding to veterans, or suicide prevention. In-service training is often 8 hours and helps officers to maintain and build their CIT skills, as well as fulfilling requirements for continuing training.
- Training for other criminal justice professionals, such as corrections officers, and probation and parole officers. These professionals also encounter people experiencing mental health crises and benefit from CIT training adapted to their needs.