18 area first responders receive CIT Companion Training provided by ADAMH
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Paint Valley ADAMH-
Eighteen corrections officers, dispatchers, EMS and firefighters who serve in the ADAMH Board region completed Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Companion Training on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The one-day, eight-hour training was designed for first responders to react appropriately to situations involving someone with a mental illness or a developmental disability.
The CIT Companion Training is a critical part of the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program. The success of CIT depends on first responders’ knowledge of how to recognize a CIT call involving a behavioral health crisis to ensure the dispatch of a CIT Officer and providing vital information and knowledge of the call to the responding CIT Officer.
Training dispatchers, firefighters, EMS and corrections officers helps to further strengthen the CIT Team. The individuals that attend this training are able to identify whether or not the person in distress is in need of a CIT officer. This training is funded by the ADAMH Board and facilitated by Dr. James Hagen.
“It is very important to assure that we have trained first responders in our Board region, not only for the safety of our officers, but also for our communities,” Penny Dehner, Executive Director of the ADAMH Board, said. “We are really excited to make this training available.”
Congratulations to the following first responders who completed the eight-hour CIT Companion Training:
• Alycia Brown, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Maleena Brown, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Richard Cottrill, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA;
• Johnathon Davis, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Roderic Dutcher, Correctional Officer, Ross County Sheriff;
• Jace Foster, Firefighter, Piketon Fire Department;
• Colton Fox, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Amanda Gibson, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Ryan Hunley, Dispatcher, Pike County Sheriff;
• Tanner McDonald, Deputy, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Zach Meadows, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff
• Timothy Phillips, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA;
• Danielle Puckett, Communications Officer, Circleville Police Department;
• Mariah Ritchhart, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Amanda Stringfield, Communications Officer, Circleville Police Department;
• Chase Thatcher, Correctional Officer, Ross County Sheriff;
• Scott Wickham, Chief, Piketon Fire Department; and
• Krista Wooten, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA.
The Paint Valley ADAMH Board was created in 1967 by the Ohio legislature to ensure the availability of community-based addiction and mental health services for residents of Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and Ross counties.
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The one-day, eight-hour training was designed for first responders to react appropriately to situations involving someone with a mental illness or a developmental disability.
The CIT Companion Training is a critical part of the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program. The success of CIT depends on first responders’ knowledge of how to recognize a CIT call involving a behavioral health crisis to ensure the dispatch of a CIT Officer and providing vital information and knowledge of the call to the responding CIT Officer.
Training dispatchers, firefighters, EMS and corrections officers helps to further strengthen the CIT Team. The individuals that attend this training are able to identify whether or not the person in distress is in need of a CIT officer. This training is funded by the ADAMH Board and facilitated by Dr. James Hagen.
“It is very important to assure that we have trained first responders in our Board region, not only for the safety of our officers, but also for our communities,” Penny Dehner, Executive Director of the ADAMH Board, said. “We are really excited to make this training available.”
Congratulations to the following first responders who completed the eight-hour CIT Companion Training:
• Alycia Brown, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Maleena Brown, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Richard Cottrill, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA;
• Johnathon Davis, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Roderic Dutcher, Correctional Officer, Ross County Sheriff;
• Jace Foster, Firefighter, Piketon Fire Department;
• Colton Fox, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Amanda Gibson, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Ryan Hunley, Dispatcher, Pike County Sheriff;
• Tanner McDonald, Deputy, Pickaway County Sheriff;
• Zach Meadows, Officer, Pickaway County Sheriff
• Timothy Phillips, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA;
• Danielle Puckett, Communications Officer, Circleville Police Department;
• Mariah Ritchhart, Dispatcher, Ross County Sheriff;
• Amanda Stringfield, Communications Officer, Circleville Police Department;
• Chase Thatcher, Correctional Officer, Ross County Sheriff;
• Scott Wickham, Chief, Piketon Fire Department; and
• Krista Wooten, Dispatcher, Chillicothe VA.
The Paint Valley ADAMH Board was created in 1967 by the Ohio legislature to ensure the availability of community-based addiction and mental health services for residents of Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and Ross counties.
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