Washington Administrative Code
Title 139 - Criminal Justice Training Commission
Chapter 139-09 - CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING (CIT)
Section 139-09-040 - Crisis intervention team training-Forty-hour course
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 139-09-040
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Agencies seeking to provide the forty-hour crisis intervention team training shall receive a certification from the commission and use commission-certified curricula and instructors.
(2) Agencies must use commission-approved curricula that contains at the minimum the following subject matter:
(a) Signs and symptoms of
common mental health issues encountered by law enforcement;
(b) Crisis intervention techniques for common
behavioral health and substance use disorder issues;
(c) Deescalation skills;
(d) Suicide prevention;
(e) Elders in crisis;
(f) Developmental and intellectual
disabilities;
(g) Community
resources;
(h) Interactions with
community members with a mental health diagnosis;
(i) Commonly prescribed psychotropic
medications; and
(j) Mock scenes
or other practical exercises for students to demonstrate proficiency.
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