The Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Council is an organization whose primary purpose is to facilitate understanding, development, and implementation of CIT programs throughout Missouri and in our neighborhoods in order to promote and support collaborative efforts to create and sustain more effective interactions among law enforcement, mental health care professionals, individuals with ment
al illness, their families and communities, and also to reduce the stigma of mental illness. The mission of the Missouri CIT Council is to deliver positive law enforcement crisis intervention service to people with mental illness in the area by:
1. Providing cooperative community partnerships of law enforcement, mental health service professionals, individuals in a behavioral health crisis, families, and advocates.
2. Coordinating and enhancing services to people with mental illness and/or substance use problems through law enforcement based Crisis Intervention Teams.
3. Providing leadership to facilitate CIT programs and playing an integral role in the design of training for the CIT officers, and
4. For more information about creating a CIT Council in your area, please contact Sgt. Jeremy Romo, State CIT Coordinator at 314.581.5459 or via email (JFRomo@stlouisco.com) or Christine Patterson, Ph.D., MO CIT Secretary at 573.634.4626 ext. 106 or via email (cpatterson@mocoalition.org).
