NAMI & CCSO partnership provides deescalation training for deputies

There’s a stigma that surrounds mental health, and Hatch says the need has increased dramatically, so much that she says, “we need to help get it to get to a point where we treated exactly like physical health.”

With more to be done, expanding to more communities and partners within them is a step in the right direction.

“When the sheriff decided he wanted to do crisis intervention team training, he contacted NAMI Collier,” said Susan Vivonetto, Crisis

Intervention Team Training (CIT) Coordinator for the Coller County Sheriff’s Office.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office and NAMI work together to break the mental health stigma. Deputies from the department participate in a 40-hour training packed with various teaching tools like lectures, role play, and more….

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