Police crisis intervention team

Representatives of the West Seneca Police Department said they could not comment.

According to a copy of the Atlantic Police Department report and the incident that was obtained by WIVB News 4, Cosgrove attended the conference along with members of the West Seneca Police Department's Crisis Intervention Team that included Lieutenant John lauric and mental health counselor stephanie mata all three were known to be all three were known to the accuser and they had gotten together several times during the conference for dinner coffee and swimming on the evening of june 3rd 2025 the accused the accuser said cosgrove went to a comedy club, and then returned to the Marriott for drinks.

The accuser told police that she had around five drinks that night and was intoxicated, but maybe a 7 out of 10 intoxication, the report said.

Laura joined them later and the accuser said she remembered playing pool and texting her husband goodnight.

To ensure the high quality and effectiveness of training and education, law enforcement agencies should engage community members, particularly those with special expertise, in the training process and provide leadership training to all personnel throughout their careers.

to further assist the training and educational needs of law enforcement the federal government should support the development of partnerships with training facilities across the country to promote consistent standards for high-quality training and establish training innovation hubs involving universities and police academies a national postgraduate institute of policing for senior executives should be created with a standardized curriculum preparing participants to lead agencies in the twenty-first century One specific method of increasing the quality of training would be to ensure that Peace Officer and Standards Training boards include Mandatory Crisis Intervention Training , which equips officers to deal with individuals in crisis or living with mental disabilities as part of both basic recruit and in-service officer training.

as well as instruction in disease of addiction implicit bias and cultural responsiveness policing in a democratic society procedural justice and effective societal interaction and tactical skills pillar six officer wellness and safety the wellness and safety of law enforcement officers is critical not only for the officers their colleagues and their agencies but also to public safety pillar six emphasizes the support and proper implementation of officer wellness and safety as a multi-partner effort the U.S. Department of Justice should enhance and further promote its multifaceted Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative.

Two specific strategies recommended for the U.S. Department of Justice include 1.

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Posts should make Crisis Intervention Training, CIT, a part of both basic recruit and in-service officer training crisis intervention training cit was developed in memphis tennessee in nineteen eighty eight and has been shown to improve police ability to recognize symptoms of a mental health crisis enhance their confidence in addressing such an emergency and reduce inaccurate beliefs about mental illness.

It has been found that after completing CIT orientation, officers felt encouraged to interact with people suffering a mental health crisis and to delay their rush to resolution.

What does CIT mean?

[laughs] Crisis intervention training.

And what is, what does that, uh, all entail?

It's a 40-hour class that really talks through mental health.

Thank goodness we're providing even more training.

So for instance, I know you're aware of the crisis intervention team training we do.

And we put officers through.

It's a specialty course for the listeners that don't know.

I'm the director of the Riley County Police Department in Manhattan, Kansas.

I'm also a board member of CIT, Crisis Intervention Team, uh, International with law enforcement and crisis response.

And my question's pretty much for Margaret, uh, regarding, uh, where do you see AI or how has AI, or have you thought about AI in the mental health aspect with, um, crisis response and law enforcement, and are there any opportunities for us to reach out to you, for me to reach out to you, to talk about some of the things that we're doing in this space to include, uh, preventing active shooter violence?

Yeah.