In 2024, NCPI joined the COPS Office National De-escalation Training Network as one of more than a dozen organizations committed to providing public safety training that promotes safe outcomes during police encounters with people in crisis.
Through this national program, in partnership with CIT International, Inc. and the COPS Office, NCPI offers a catalog of in-person training courses designed to equip public safety professionals with the knowledge, skills and abilities to safely and effectively engage with community members experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis.
The courses are provided at no-cost to agencies throughout the United States, and are delivered at NCPI’s headquarters in Richmond, VA, or at local agencies or academies interested in serving as hosts.
De-escalation: focusing on crisis intervention
NCPI offers a catalog of training programs through the National De-escalation Training Network, each focusing on a critical topic related to crisis intervention and de-escalation, including:
- safely responding to individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health or suicidal crisis, including veterans
- safe encounters with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who may be experiencing a crisis
- crisis intervention team participation and train-the-trainer programming
- the role of communication/emergency dispatchers in crisis intervention and de-escalation
Host an NCPI de-escalation training program in your area
Public safety agencies or academies wishing to serve as a local/regional training host can request to do so by contacting NCPI at the link below. Please indicate the course that interests you, and any information you feel is important for us to know. An NCPI representative will contact you once your form has been submitted.
This project is supported, in whole or in part, by Cooperative Agreement Number 15JCOPS-24-GK-04179-DETX awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The opinions contained herein are those of the author(s) or contributor(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. References to specific individuals, agencies, companies, products, or services should not be considered an endorsement by the author(s) or the U.S. Department of Justice. Rather, the references are illustrations to supplement discussion of the issues. Given that URLs and websites are in constant flux, neither the author(s) nor the COPS Office can vouch for their current validity.