Crisis Intervention Training Improves Mental Health Offerings

Several officers from the Crested Butte Marshal's Department attended a Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) in Grand Junction earlier this year.  The training is designed to give law enforcement experience with various simulated crisis situations, including potential homicides and suicides. The CIT improves mental health offerings in Gunnison County, where there is a lack of mental health offerings due to various factors:  distance from treatment, the price of private psychiatric care, substance abuse, seasonality, depression, and a shortage of resources for mental health providers statewide.