crisis intervention team

[ krahy-sis in-ter-ven-shuhn teem ]

noun

1. a group of specially trained police officers supported by mental health workers and emergency medical services, who are dispatched to emergency calls related to mental health and substance abuse, with the aim of reducing the role of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in such incidents. : CIT

Word History and Origins

Origin of crisis intervention team¹

First recorded in 1945–50