Heather Harlan of Phoenix Programs, Inc. met  on May 11 with Sergeant Diane Bernhard of the Columbia Police Department to offer congratulations to the new graduates of the Mid-Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (CIT).  Bernhard and other CIT officers spoke at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Columbia about the CIT program; a NAMI signature program that trains law enforcement officers to de-escalate situations that involve citizens with mental illness or substance abuse disorders.  Pictured left to right:  Sergeant Diane Bernhard, Sergeant Barb Buck, Officers Andy Muscato, Benny Cook, and Heather Harlan of Phoenix Programs, Inc.