NAMI Wake - THE Voice on Mental Illness
This blog is a place for sharing about mental illness as it affects the lives of people in Wake and surrounding counties
Entry for October 28, 2007
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Has anyone noticed how difficult it is to share good news with our community?  I'm talking about the program called the Crisis Intervention Team Program (CIT) which is a jail diversion program.  It started in Memphis, TN and NAMI Wake County, Wake County Human Services, and all but one of the law enforcement agencies in Wake County (Rolesville) are members.  This program, in it's 2nd year has trained almost 300 officers and has had tremendous success.  People with mental illness, parents of people with mental illness, mental health workers, and law enforcement officers are all pleased with the outcomes.  So, why is it that the news media will not cover this wonderful program or get the word out to families and consumers that they need to ask for a CIT Officer when they are faced with a situation involving law enforcement.  Perhaps it takes an unfortunate event to make news and to make CIT relevant to the media.  But let's hope not.


2007-10-29 02:00:32 GMT
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