California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) requires that all peace officers undergo a minimum of six hours of mental health training while in the academy.
The amount and type of additional training required by any agency, however, varies widely:
- Orange County offers a 16-hour modified CIT program offered to law enforcement
- San Diego Police and Sheriff Departments adopted a 24-hour Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) training
- San Francisco Police Department as well as law enforcement agencies in Monterey and Ventura adopted a 40-hour CIT program
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