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After a critical incident, the Critical Incident Stress Management Team is there to provide emotional and psychological support to staff involved. Their role is to help people process what happened, reduce acute distress, and connect them with additional mental-health resources if needed. This support often includes crisis briefings, one-on-one or small-group debriefings, and screening for stress reactions to prevent longer-term issues.

This isn’t about figuring out what happened during the incident, training staff on applying force, or updating departmental policies. Investigation duties belong to investigators and supervisors who document the facts. Training on use of force is handled by training teams, and policy updates are the responsibility of policy or compliance units. The CISM team’s purpose is the emotional well-being of responders after a critical event, including a use-of-force incident.