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Crisis Intervention Team Training Held For Officers

(Released 6/23/10)

JAMESTOWN - After 40 hours of intensive training in crisis intervention this week, 37 law enforcement officers will graduate from a Crisis Intervention Team program at 4 p.m. Friday (June 25).

The graduation will be held in the auditorium of Sears Applied Technologies Building on the campus of Guilford Technical Community College. Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes will be featured speaker.

The training was scheduled for June 21-25, and included officers from Greensboro Police Department, High Point Police Department, Guilford County Sheriff's Department, UNCG Campus Police and N.C. A&T Campus Police.

The CIT curriculum combines traditional class lectures and field visits. The classes are being taught by mental health professionals and other experts, covering topics such as mental health system overview, mental health disorders, suicide prevention, substance abuse, homelessness, post-traumatic stress disorder and autism.

Involved with the program were Guilford County Sheriff's Department, The Guilford Center, Guilford County Chapter of National Alliance for Mental Illness, RHA Behavioral Health and GTCC.

Enrolled in the training and expected graduates of the program:

• Greensboro Police Dept. - Dale Counts, Dan Knott and Richard Edwards.

• Guilford County Sheriff's Dept. - John Cable, Bill Howell, William D. Jones, James Mecham, Matthew Parsons, Joe Pass, Harry Reid, Debra Salmons, brad Short, James Simpson, Joseph Sipe, Matthew Suits and Arnold D. Williams.

• High Point Police Dept. -Carlene Dix, Margaret Erga, Catherine Farabee, Wade Glover, Shawn Hosier, Randal Knight, Ken Leonard and Tracy Perry.

• N.C. A&T Campus Police - Glenn Newell.

• UNCG Campus Police - Jacqueline Burris, Thomas Grimes and Ron Wolford.

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