WC Special Preview: Utilizing CISM as a Community Policing Model

Watch the discussion from Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST as we spoke with guest speakers, Lt. Steven Thomas, CCISM & Jennifer Corbin, LMSW, about “Utilizing CISM as a Community Policing Model” in this special WC CISM Live Series.

Lt. Steven Thomas, CCISM has a BA from UMBC and a MA from the University of Baltimore. He started as a patrolman with the Anne Arundel County Police in 1996 where he remained in patrol until he became the CIT and Peer Support Coordinator in 2016. In 2020 the Anne Arundel County CIT Unit was named International CIT Unit of the Year. He is the Anne Arundel County CISM Team Coordinator. Further, he is an ICISF approved instructor and in the spring of 2019 received the ICISF Pioneering Spirt Award. He is a Youth & Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor and in 2018 he was named a top 100 instructor.

Jennifer Corbin, LMSW is Director of the Anne Arundel County Crisis Response System. Much of her work is in collaborating with outside agencies to work with the crisis system such as A. A. County Police and Fire, Health Dept., Public Schools, local hospitals, and local providers. She is a trained instructor in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). Ms. Corbin is also trained in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and helped develop a peer support team for A.A. County Police. Ms. Corbin received her master’s degree in Social Work from The UMD School of Social Work.

Additional Resources

World Congress 16: Register Now for our upcoming World Congress 16 from May 25-27, 2021! Join the ICISF community from around the world at ICISF’s VIRTUAL World Congress.

This real-time live event features three days of content, connections and community that you do not want to miss! To learn more about Lt. Steven Thomas, CCISM & Jennifer Corbin, LMSW’s presentation and view other presenters and presentations for the upcoming World Congress 16, visit our website at https://icisfworldcongress.org/.