Crisis Intervention Response Team

The Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) was implemented in 2011. This is a co-responder program pairing a crisis intervention trained deputy with a masters-level crisis clinician from The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability (The Harris Center).  These teams respond to the most serious calls involving individuals in a mental or behavioral health crisis. They also perform proactive and follow-up investigations and respond to SWAT calls as a resource. The Harris County Sheriff's Office currently has nine teams. CIRT responds to calls from other law enforcement agencies in Harris County and to calls in the City of Houston.