Area first responders, parole officers, probation officers, court officials and peer supporters recently completed a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training hosted by the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services Board of Logan and Champaign Counties. Agencies that participated included Bellefontaine Municipal Court Probation, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Corrections Adult Parole Authority, Bellefontaine Police Department, Mechanicsburg Police Department, New Logan Unit/A1012 Parole, Recovery Zone of Champaign County, Saint Paris Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Urbana Police Department and Wings Support and Recovery. The classroom portion of the training covered mental health disorders, substance use disorders, trauma-informed policing, legal issues, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) a panel/lived experiences, post traumatic stress disorders/traumatic brain injuries, military and veteran cultural considerations, & ICAT (Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics) Critical Decision-Making Model. The training also included a full day of site visits to local behavioral health resources and concluded with a day of role-playing the ICAT de-escalation tactics. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)