Officer Jeff Futo (ret.) has been the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) coordinator at Kent State University for 20 years and is credited with developing their award- winning CIT program. Futo is also former Portage County CIT Officer of the Year and Campus CIT Officer of the Year (Ohio). As the Ohio CIT coordinator and the law enforcement liaison for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, he provides guidance and technical assistance to CIT programs and coordinators across Ohio.
At a Crossroads: Clinicians and Law Enforcement, a Partnership to Protect Mental Health
November 4th 2024How can we lessen fatal interactions between individuals with mental illness and police? The best possible avenue is partnership and cooperation between mental health clinicians and law enforcement.