On May 12, 2017–14 Law Enforcement Officers from across Alamance County graduated from CIT Training. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training is a 40 hour course taught locally by trained community professionals. CIT provides law enforcement-based crisis intervention training for assisting those individuals with a mental illness, and improves the safety of patrol officers, consumers, family members, and citizens within the community. CIT is a program that provides first responders with the skills and training necessary to more effectively work with mentally ill citizens who may be experiencing a crisis.