ILETSB - Crisis Intervention Training - Basic CIT - 40 Hours
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Date: Monday, October 27, 2025
Ends On: Friday, October 31, 2025
Registration Deadline: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Class Time(s): 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Ends On: Friday, October 31, 2025
Registration Deadline: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Class Time(s): 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor Location:
Plainfield Fire Protection District (Headquarters)
Instructor: The course will be conducted by a diverse group of law enforcement and behavioral health professionals, including active CIT officers from various parts of the State of Illinois. An essential part of the CIT course is scenario-based skills training with crisis scenarios provided by trained professional actors. All scenarios are facilitated and evaluated by certified CIT officers.Plainfield Fire Protection District (Headquarters)
23738 W. 135th Street
Plainfield, IL 60544
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Plainfield, IL 60544
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $0
Purpose: Law enforcement officers are generally the first responders to crisis events. It is important to have individuals in law enforcement who can utilize effective strategies, insuring public and personal safety. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training provides officers with education about mental illness and other behavioral disabilities as well as providing skills and tools for effectively and safely interacting with someone who is experiencing a crisis.
Course Description: Participants of this voluntary, 40-hour training program, receive intensive training on recognizing and addressing individuals in the community who have a mental illness or other behavioral health crisis. The CIT training program is an in depth, specialized course for officers with at least one-year of non-probationary experience. The five-day course includes presentations by behavioral health specialists, experienced field officers and representatives from regional service providers. Officers will receive training in topics such as mental illness/signs and symptoms, co-occurring disorders, child and adolescent issues, medical conditions and psychotropic medications, and law enforcement response and legal issues. They will also learn advanced communication and de-escalation techniques, partake in valuable exercises, have a unique opportunity to participate in discussions with individuals who have a mental illness and or their family members and given an opportunity to exercise their skills in realistic scenario role plays.
The key components of this course cover the following:
- Officers are exposed to the dynamics of mental illness, developmental disabilities, child and adolescent disorders, elderly individuals with behavioral issues, returning combat veterans, people who have excited delirium, and people with substance abuse/co-occurring disorders. This training will allow officers to make quick and effective decisions utilizing options they have to resolve the crisis.
- Officers are exposed to the experiences, viewpoints and concerns of persons with mental illnesses (consumers). Officers will meet with consumers in order to gain their perspective and learn from them.
- Officers receive instruction and demonstrations in basic listening and responding skills along with crisis interventions strategies. Real life crisis scenarios provided by trained professional actors with the assistance of state-certified CIT officers are presented to officers for them to demonstrate their resolution skills.
- The scenario-based training will take place on Thursday, October 30th; attendees will be required to wear their “department uniform of the day” for their current assignment.
** Students are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet that can utilize a thumb drive, as printed copies of the materials will not be provided. **
*Funded in Partnership with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board / CIT grant.
This training covers the following mandates:
- Civil Rights - 0.50 hours
- Constitutional / Proper Use of LE Authority - 0.50 hours
- Crisis Intervention - 12.00 hours
- Human Rights - 7.00 hours
- Legal Updates - 2.00 hours
- Officer Safety Techniques - 4.00 (3.0 Hours Scenario-Based) hours
- Officer Wellness and Mental Health - 2.00 hours
- Procedural Justice - 4.00 hours
- Use of Force: De-escalation Techniques - 8.00 (4.0 Hours Scenario-Based) hours
- Crisis Intervention Team Training - 40.00 hours
