Andrews Federal sponsors Crisis Intervention Training in Burlington County (NJ)
SUITLAND, MD (April 16, 2018) — Andrews Federal Credit Union recently sponsored the Burlington County 40-hour CIT Training in Burlington, New Jersey in an effort to support local law enforcement, and to bridge policing tactics used when dealing with veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The CIT course is a 40-hour, five day training for law enforcement officers and psychiatric screening and mobile response professionals. The curriculum is designed, coordinated and delivered by each county’s CIT Leadership workgroup. It is comprised of classroom instruction, community site visits and practical exercises delivered by local mental health professionals, CIT law enforcement instructors and other subject matter experts.
“Andrews Federal continues to be a dedicated sponsor and advocate for Burlington County’s goal of improving our community policing,” said Jarrod Broadway, Burlington Township Patrol Officer. “We appreciate their continued support of our officers and veterans.”
Christina Nixon, Burlington Branch Manager, Officer Jarrod Broadway, Burlington Township Police, and Rachel Morgan, Dept. of Human Services.
About Andrews Federal Credit Union
Initially founded in 1948, Andrews Federal has grown to serve more than 134,000 members in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and Military installations in central Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Find Andrews Federal on Facebook and Instagram.
About New Jersey CIT
New Jersey CIT is a county based collaboration of law enforcement professionals and mental health professionals who are committed to developing a local system of services that is responsive to individuals with mental illness, family members and the police officers. The CIT model strives to provide law enforcement officers and mental health professionals with knowledge and skills that allow them to respond to the individual in psychiatric crisis in a manner that minimizes the potential for injury. In addition, the CIT model can be instrumental in helping to divert the individual with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system to appropriate mental health treatment.
