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Stephen Eide\\xa0joins\\xa0City\\xa0Journal\\xa0associate editor\\xa0Seth Barron\\xa0to discuss the New York Police Department\'s "crisis intervention team" (CIT), which trains police officers to respond to situations involving people with serious mental illnesses.

In 2016,\\xa0NYPD\\xa0officers responded to more than 400 calls\\xa0a\\xa0day\\xa0concerning\\xa0"emotionally\\xa0disturbed persons,"\\xa0some of whom are suffering major psychiatric episodes.\\xa0Officers receiving\\xa0CIT training are better prepared\\xa0to de-escalate\\xa0these\\xa0encounters.

CIT\\xa0training has become a priority for big-city police departments, but as Eide notes, even the\\xa0best-trained force can\'t\\xa0compensate\\xa0for declining mental health services.

Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an expert on public administration and urban policy. His\\xa0story\\xa0"CIT and Its Limits" (coauthored with Carolyn Gorman) appears in the Summer 2017 issue of\\xa0City\\xa0Journal.