Crisis Intervention Teams aim to improve officer safety and community outcomes by...

• A. Increasing arrests and jail time.
• B. Improving safety, reducing force, connecting individuals to treatment, reducing recidivism, and building trust.
• C. Replacing police with clinicians in all calls.
• D. Providing only temporary crisis counseling with no follow-up.

Answer: (B)

Crisis Intervention Teams focus on handling crisis calls in a way that protects everyone involved while linking people to appropriate help and building trust with the community. This approach uses de-escalation, rapid access to mental health resources, and coordinated follow-up, which together improve officer safety by reducing the likelihood of violent outcomes and by reducing the need for use of force. It also aims to divert individuals from the criminal-justice system toward treatment, which can lower repeat crises (recidivism) and foster longer-term safety and community trust.

That’s why the best choice includes improving safety, reducing force, connecting individuals to treatment, reducing recidivism, and building trust. The other options don’t fit this model: increasing arrests misses the treatment and diversion aim; replacing police with clinicians isn’t how CIT operates; and providing only short-term counseling with no follow-up undermines long-term outcomes and community trust.