9.1-188 - Crisis intervention team training. - Virginia Statutes

§ 9.1-188. Crisis intervention team training.

The Department, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health andDevelopmental Services and law-enforcement and mental health stakeholders,shall develop a training program for all persons involved in the crisisintervention team programs, and all team members shall receive this training.The curriculum shall be approved for Department-certified in-service trainingcredits for law-enforcement officers from each crisis intervention team andshall include four hours of mandatory training in legal issues.

(2009, c. 715.)