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Corrections officers from Hudson, other counties complete state's first crisis intervention training program
By nj.com- Erika Solorzano
Published: 07/29/2015

SECAUCUS — Twenty corrections officers stepped up this week to receive a graduation certificate for completing New Jersey's first-ever 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training Program.

The National Institute of Corrections sponsored 14 men and six women from Camden, Passaic, Union and Hudson counties for a "very intense and hands on" scenario-based training program.

"I'm proud of what you guys are doing. You are starting a legacy — not many people can do that, and you were it, 20 people," Hudson County Department of Corrections Lt. Ronald Edwards said as he addressed the group.

The program at the Hudson County Youth House was focused on correctional employees utilizing crisis intervention techniques for the mentally ill.

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