SWFL police officers and deputies get crisis intervention training from NAMI
Published: May 27, 2021 4:24 PM EDT
Updated: May 27, 2021 6:32 PM EDT
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Officers and deputies in Southwest Florida are getting crisis intervention training in hopes that they can better de-escalate fraught situations.
“Call to call a majority of them are people who are experiencing some sort of crisis,” said Cory Singleton, an officer with the Fort Myers Police Department.
Singleton is one of 50 others going through crisis intervention training provided by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, also known as NAMI.
The goal is to get more officers and deputies this kind of training. If an officer comes across someone with mental illness or having an episode then they can call one of these CIT- certified officers to help defuse the situation.