LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A new partnership between police and Horizon Behavioral Health is addressing mental health crises in Lynchburg. It can be a tense scene when a police officer pulls up to a ...

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a county-wide effort that involves hospitals, counselors, courts and law enforcement officers from various local agencies. All officers are provided training to ...

“It’s just vital to every single thing that a police officer does,” Oberhausen said. “Crisis intervention team is just not for crisis. It’s for every single run that we encounter.” Every officer in ...