his study examines the dispositions of encounters between CIT officers and PwMI. Its
purpose is to estimate the proportion of arrests occurring on CIT calls and the number of
arrests ‘prevented’ by CIT. The sample included CIT calls (from nine different law enforce-
ment agencies) in a large, mainly urban county in Central Florida from 2001 to 2005. The
agencies varied widely in size and population; some were small and suburban with populations
of less than 30,000, while others were large and urban with populations well over 100,000.
CIT programs began in the county in 1999. In addition to having officers who
have successfully completed a 40-hour training program, which includes education about