New Jersey § 52:17b-71
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:17b-71, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:17b-71.
a. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services,
shall develop a pilot program to promote and encourage law enforcement officers Statewide
to complete training that applies the Crisis Intervention Team model, which program
may include support for and coordination between the Police Training Commission in
the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the
Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services
to increase the frequency of, number of locations, and geographic accessibility to
training courses offered that apply the Crisis Intervention Team model. b. The Police Training Commission shall develop and implement or incorporate into
an existing training course, in consultation with a crisis intervention training center,
a curriculum that applies the Crisis Intervention Team model to persons experiencing
an economic crisis or struggling with a substance use disorder who come into contact with law enforcement first responders. c. As used in this section: “ Crisis Intervention Team model ” means the best practice jail diversion model originally developed by the Memphis
Tennessee Police Department and implemented in New Jersey as a county based collaboration
of professionals committed to improving the law enforcement and mental health systems'
response to persons experiencing a psychiatric crisis who come into contact with law
enforcement first responders. “ Crisis intervention training center ” means a program or entity that has operated as a crisis intervention support center
in the State for a period of at least five years and that has experience in assisting
political subdivisions in New Jersey in developing and implementing the Crisis Intervention
Team model.
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