CIT

Question 1

(CIT) What is a CIT 1 SCOPE entry?

Answer 1

Previous legal 2000

Question 2

(CIT) What is a CIT 2 SCOPE entry?

Answer 2

Previous violence towards officers and/or others

Question 3

(CIT) What is a CIT 3 SCOPE entry?

Answer 3

Weapon impounded from or taken off subject

Question 4

(CIT) What is a CIT 4 SCOPE entry?

Answer 4

Self or doctor diagnosed mental disorder

Question 5

(CIT) What are the (4) events that a CIT officer will be dispatched to?

Answer 5

1. Disturbance involving a subject known to have or who has been reported as having a mental illness
2. Events involving a subject threatening suicide under violent/volatile circumstances
3. Subjects who are experiencing the signs and symptoms of excited delirium
4. Assist in taking into custody walk-away mental patients who have been located and are to be taken into custody

Question 6

(CIT) What (3) circumstances will a CIT officer NOT respond to a incident?

Answer 6

• Involving threats of suicide which are vague, non-violent or where no immediate threat of harm is suggested
• Involving intentional or accidental overdose of a subject who is non-violent and has no known history of mental illness
• Subject has been transported to hospital and officers are needed for report purposes only

Question 7

(CIT) What (5) events will require a CIT after action report?

Answer 7

• Threats to others/police
• Homeland security concerns
• Violence involved
• Weapons involved
• Officer safety concerns

Question 8

(CIT) A supervisor will respond to the scene and assume command and control under what (3) circumstances?

Answer 8

• Events involving persons threatening suicide under violent/volatile circumstance
• Persons who are experiencing the signs and symptoms of excited delirium
• Any event where circumstances clearly indicate there is a potential the situation may become violent/volatile

Question 9

(CIT) Mental petitions are similar to arrest warrants, however, when taking a person into civil custody the level of force used must be balanced with (3) facts.

Answer 9

• The order is civil not criminal
• No crime has been committed
• The goal is to safely help the person

Question 10

(CIT) In an emergency situation at a secured mental health facility, will responding officer be required to disarm?

Answer 10

No

• During routine patrol (investigative purposes), officer will be required to disarm prior to entry into a secured mental health facility*
• If requested to disarm in an emergency situation, officers will notify their supervisor to respond*

Question 11

(CIT) If a crime occurred at a secure mental health facility, when will officers make an arrest?

Answer 11

Officer will make an arrest ONLY if….

• The supervising physician will complete a voluntary statement
• the crime committed was NOT a result of mental illness
• Is willing to discharge the patient/suspect
• Discretionary arrests are still discretionary arrests*
• Mandatory arrests are still mandatory arrests*

Question 12

(CIT) If you have an arrestee that is hearing impaired, safety permitting, is it ok to cuff in the front?

Answer 12

Yes

If the hearing impaired subject is transport to jail, officers will follow standard operating procedures

Question 13

(CIT) Does a hearing impaired subject have a right to an interpreter getting arrested and while at jail?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

(CIT) Can an officer transport a homeless subject to a shelter when they accept?

Answer 14

Yes

The homeless person will be searched for weapons/contraband prior to transport

Question 15

(CIT) If an officer arrest a homeless subject and it is necessary to dispose items for health and safety reasons, a notation will in an __________ or _________ describing why such property was not allowed.

Answer 15

Officers report or arrest report

Question 16

(CIT) If the use of pen and paper is used as the primary consideration to communicate with a hearing impaired subject, what will officer do with the paper that was used to document the conversation?

Answer 16

Impound it as evidence

A copy will be sent to the records bureau and the originals impounded

Question 17

(CIT) What (2) circumstances must be met for a person to be transported to Detox or Westcare for ‘Civil Protective Custody’?

Answer 17

• Must be in a public place unlawfully under the influence
• Is unable to exercise care for his health or safety
• Primary consideration will be to have the subject taken home by a cab or relative\friend*

Question 18

(CIT) Will a subject be accepted into Westcare if they are experiencing ‘DTs’ or delirium tremens?

Answer 18

No

If the are suicidal, drug overdose, under the influence of PCP, need medicinal, they will not be allowed either