(TOM)
NEW AT 5 - IT'S ANOTHER
'FIRST' FOR THE NORFOLK
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT'S ON A MISSION TO MAKE
SURE EVERY DEPUTY IS
TRAINED IN ALL ASPECTS OF
MENTAL
HEALTH.
(ANITA)
THE PROGRAM IS CALLED
CRISIS INTERVENTION
TRAINING OR JAIL BASED
C-I-T
TRAINING.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAURA
CASO IS HERE WITH HOW
THIS IS GOING TO HELP
INMATES AND
THE COMMUNITY ALIKE.
(LAURA)
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WORKS WITH ITS PARTNERS
AT THE NORFOLK POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
(LAURA)
BUT NOW, THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IS CERTIFYING ITS
OWN INSTRUCTORS FOR
JAIL-SPECIFIC SCENARIOS.
THE END GOAL IS TO GET
EVERY SWORN DEPUTY IN THE
JAIL CIT CERTIFIED.
(LAURA)
SO WHAT IF SOMEONE IS
BROUGHT TO JAIL IN
CRISIS?
OR WHAT IF A SEEMINGLY
NORMAL AND HEALTHY PERSON
STARTS SHOWING SIGNS
OF CRISIS BECAUSE THEY
ARE IN JAIL FOR THE FIRST
TIME?
THESE ARE THE SITUATIONS
THAT NORFOLK DEPUTIES ARE
TRAINING FOR.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS
TRAINING - IS THAT -
THERE ARE THE MULTIPLE
'ROLE PLAYING
SCENARIOS.'
THEY ARE BASED ON THE
EXPERIENCES THEY'VE
ENCOUNTERED INSIDE THE
CITY JAIL,
WITH INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.
FOR EXAMPLE: A CLASS ON
HEARING VOICES, A CLASS
ON DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES, AND
VETERANS WITH PTSD.
ON AVERAGE - ABOUT 30
PERCENT OF INMATES AT THE
NORFOLK JAIL DEAL WITH
MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS.
SGT. GREGORY GILL/NORFOLK
SHERIFF'S OFFICE "OUR JOB
IS
TO ENFORCE THE LAW, IT
COULD BE BLACK AND WHITE,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY
IN BETWEEN BECAUSE THERE
IS THE PERSON WHO BREAKS
THE LAW BECAUSE THEY ARE
INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO
TAKE SOMETHING AND THERE
ARE THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL
EPISODES AND THERE
ACTIONS ARE BREAKING THE
LAW AND THERE STILL HAS
TO
BE A COURSE OF ACTION
TAKEN BUT ITS ABOUT HOW
WE GO ABOUT DOING IT."
(LAURA)
THE DEPUTIES ARE ALSO
HOPING THIS PROGRAM HELPS
INMATES WHEN THEY GET OUT
OF JAIL -
HELPING THEM RECOVER WITH
TOOLS THEY'VE LEARNED
WHEN RELEASED.
THE GOAL IS TO GET 80
DEPUTIES CERTIFIED IN THE
NEXT THREE MONTHS.
70 DEPUTIES ARE ALREADY
TRAINED THROUGH THE
NORFOLK POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
BY THE END OF BOTH
TRAININGS - 150 DEPUTIES
WILL BE CIT CERTIFIED
WITHIN THE
NORFOLK JAIL.
LAURA CASO, 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.
