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CIT Coordinator Clair Swain, Joe Bakker, with the Bigfork Fire Department, and Flathead Valley Community College acting student Sean Struble work through a scenario during a Montana Crisis Intervention Training event at the Hilton Garden Inn. Struble is acting as a person with schizophrenia who is having a breakdown while he is being detained in jail. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)

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Montana CIT academy teaches participants how to navigate a mental health crisis
May 27, 2022 midnight

Montana CIT academy teaches participants how to navigate a mental health crisis

Crisis intervention training, including one session held in Kalispell earlier this month, helps prepare local law enforcement for interactions with individuals suffering mental health problems, officials say.