Chicago police, fire and emergency management personnel will be receiving new state-of-the-art crisis response training through a partnership with area hospitals.
The Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Simulator Lab is located at the Chicago Fire Academy, 1338 South Clinton, where all EMS training takes place.
Weeks from now police, firefighters and paramedics will start coming there to receive training on how to better respond to mental health emergencies.
Emergency responders will take an 8-hour course, including simulations of different types of scenarios.