Legacy Provides Support in New Orleans

Legacy Provides Support in New Orleans

Legacy Treatment Services’ Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) will play a critical role in debriefing New Orleans first responders and community members in the wake of the Jan. 1 attack in which a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter. At least 14 people were killed and 35 were injured before police shot Jabbar.

Retired Chief of Police Edward Dobleman, Legacy’s CIT Program Director, will travel to New Orleans on Jan. 3, along with the Tri-State Canine Response Team. The team plans to assist through Jan. 8.

Legacy was invited by the New Orleans CIT Program and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Legacy’s CIT team met the New Orleans team at the CIT International conference in Indianapolis in August.  During that conference, Tri State and Legacy’s CIT-NJ program presented on “Canines in the Fast Lane: From New Jersey to Indiana to Rome” where they talked about their experience providing crisis debriefing following traumatic events.

Both Legacy and Tri-State are well known throughout the country for previous responses providing support to communities.

Legacy provides crisis intervention services in multiple locations for children, families and adults. Programs provide assessment and triage to determine how to best meet consumer needs. 

In N.J., Legacy provides Children’s Mobile Response and Stabilization and the Screening and Crisis Intervention Program in Burlington County.

It operates the State-designated Screening and Crisis Intervention Program for Burlington County, providing evaluations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to individuals experiencing a psychiatric crisis or posing a danger to self, others or property.

Legacy’s hotline is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To request a mobile outreach or for more information, please call 609-835-6180.