The Right Turn Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) from Clearfield and Jefferson Counties celebrated the conclusion of its fifteenth 40-hour training March 5, 2025, with a ceremony at Brookville Municipal Office.
A CIT is an innovative program of police-based crisis intervention involving community health care and advocacy partnerships using an internationally recognized model developed by the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department.
Under this model police, probation, and corrections officers and other criminal justice, mental health, and first responders receive extensive training provided by community mental health professionals, family and consumer advocates and experts in related fields in responding to residents experiencing a behavioral crisis.
This year’s class included officers from the Jefferson County Jail (JCJ), Clearfield County Domestic Relations (CCDR), the Brookville Police Department (BPD), the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Jefferson County Children and Youth Services (CYS), and Service Access and Management (SAM).
This class included our 200th officer trained to date. Participants report using the skills they learn immediately and repeatedly on the job.
Graduates (front row): Corrections Officer (CO) Erdely (JCJ), Sgt. Johnson (JCJ), Case Worker (CW) Hoffman (CYS), CW Lorient (CYS), Ofc. Pleta (CCDR), Case Manager Baughman (SAM), Ofc. Rinker (BPD); (second row): CO Kunselman (JCJ), CO Jordan (JCJ), CW Gillhousen (CYS); Ofc. Medsger (BPD), Ofc. Rafferty (BPD), Ofc. Mansfield (BPD), CW McPhee (CYS), Ofc. Steele (BPD), and Trooper Johnston (PSP)
