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525 North Sixth Street, Sheboygan, WI 53081
(920) 459-3111
Sheboygan County
Sheriff's Department
Todd Priebe, Sheriff
Dignity Integrity Excellence
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Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department
Crisis Intervention Team
The Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department currently has six patrol officers, and two corrections officers that have gone through the formal 43 hours of CIT training. By using the skills that they have learned through this excellent training, officers hope to:
-make better decisions when dealing with persons in crisis-have a better understanding of what the citizen is going through so they can better serve them-reduce the number of calls involving the individual by use of proper placement-assist them by looking deeper into the underlying cause(s) of the current situation rather than -simply looking at it from a traditional law enforcement perspective-reduce injuries to both the officer and the individual-more efficiently use our limited resources and fundingTopics covered by CIT officers include:
Major Mental Illnesses -
Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,
Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Personality Disorders
Mental Health Consumer Issues - Law Enforcement Specific Issues -
Law Enforcement Specific Issues -Mental illness in the elderly & aging Suicide risk assessment
Suicide risk assessmentConsumer perspectives & L.E. contacts Overview of S.P.E.A.R. technique
Overview of S.P.E.A.R. techniqueCognitively/Developmentally disabled Excited Delirium
Excited DeliriumPsychiatric medication Principles of de-escalation
Principles of de-escalationClients rights Legal processes
Legal processesDiversity State & county systems of care
State & county systems of careChildren & adolescents w/ mental illness Probation & alternative sentencing
Probation & alternative sentencingPersons with a dual diagnosis
Autism
In addition to this extensive list of topics & speakers, site visits were made to numerous Outagamie & Winnebago County and Appleton area shelters and assisted living homes. The training culminated with a day of role playing scenarios that tested attendees on the new skills & information they had learned.
For additional information on the Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department Crisis Intervention Team contact:
Patrol Services: (920) 459-3114
Sergeant Kristy DeBlaey Sergeant James Gottsacker Corrections Division: (920) 459-3129
Sergeant Barry Reynolds 
