Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson is a veteran police officer who directs the National Crisis Intervention Training Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides training and technical support to professionals from law enforcement and social service personnel, and other helping professionals, such as crisis interventionists, medical and nursing clinicians, pastoral counselors, grief and bereavement counselors, and educators...as well as survivors of various forms of trauma, abuse, exploitation, and...See more

Joel Johnson is a veteran police officer who directs the National Crisis Intervention Training Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides training and technical support to professionals from law enforcement and social service personnel, and other helping professionals, such as crisis interventionists, medical and nursing clinicians, pastoral counselors, grief and bereavement counselors, and educators...as well as survivors of various forms of trauma, abuse, exploitation, and catastrophic loss. In addition to his other responsibilities as Director, and Chief Field Forensic Investigator of NCITI's Critical Response Division, he also heads up NCITI's Psychological Autopsy Team, as well as a special, mutual-aid support program called Surviving Parents Network, dedicated to assisting fellow Surviving Parents. Mr. Johnson's son, Adam, was shot and killed by a police officer, during a mental health crisis, on January 8, 2009. See less