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CIT International 2024 Conference – Materials

Thank you all so much for the engagement, ideas, and discussion! Slides are cleaned up now, with a bunch bullets on the major discussion points regarding our frequent service users and how to prevent incentivizing future frequent use of services. Please follow this link to the Implicit Bias TEDx Talk:

Introduction to the Person-in-Crisis series

The context The term Person-in-Crisis (PIC) is used by police to categorize 911 calls involving individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Many of these individuals are struggling with mental illness. While these encounters often appear in the news, coverage typically features sensational headlines designed to grab attention and

Blind spots in crisis intervention and de-escalation training (police edition)

For de-escalation to truly be effective in any situation, merely knowing the skills and techniques from crisis intervention and negotiation training is not enough. To utilize these tools most effectively, we must grasp not only the situational context but also the intricate dynamics between us and those experiencing a crisis

The flip-side of evidence-based policing

What better way to start this blog than with a big-picture big-idea post. This is an excerpt from the introductory chapter to our edited two-volume book set with Palgrave Macmillan on Police Conflict Management (fresh off the press). It explores why we keep being stuck in what appears to be