The topic of Crisis Intervention Training is relevant to psychiatric mental health nursing as there have been numerous reports of injuries and safety issues being perpetrated against individuals with mental illnesses by police officers. Nurses are trained on how to handle individuals with a mental illness, unlike police officers, whose lack of understanding of mental illnesses is a primary aggression, which can cause them to believe that everyone with a mental illness is a threat (Canada, Angell, Watson, 2011). “People with mental illnesses may not respond well to traditional policing tactics ... such as verbal commands, the use of verbal and/or physical force, and intimidation” (Canada et al., 2011, p. 747). The subject’s behavior may also
