Imagine you are a criminal justice professional working in a police department.

Imagine you are a criminal justice professional working in a police department.

Imagine you are a criminal justice professional working in a police department. Your chief of police has just returned from the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting, and he was very impressed with the panel discussion on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) given by three police departments. He has instructed you to design a “best practice” model plan for creating a CIT for your department and asked you to present this information to him.

Assignment Deliverable 
Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation with your “best practice” model plan for creating a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). Include the following in your presentation:
Identify the community stakeholders that should be involved with the CIT.
Explain the types of trainers needed to sustain a proper certification program.
Explain the number of hours of training and topics to be covered.
Explain if the CIT should be a specialized unit or if all officers should have proper CIT training.
Explain the role of call dispatchers.
Summarize the latest research findings on a town having a CIT.
Include a title slide, a reference slide, and detailed speaker notes of at least 50 words per slide.
Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.