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It is a relatively quiet Tuesday night when, around 8 p.m., the CIT receives a panicked call from Lena. Lena is 17 and reports being in crisis. She says she has been staying with a friend for some time, but now has to leave there. Then Lena says (read screams) that the CIT needs to […]

On a weekday morning, I am just stepping into the building. The smell of coffee can be smelled as I walk past the coffee machine. I set my stuff down by the computer where I think I’ll take a seat that day. I still had plenty of administrative things to do for my side duties

Monday night, 9:30 p.m. I receive a call from the police. There is a crisis situation. A boy hit his father. Father filed a police report. We visit the police station cell complex, where we engage in conversation with the juvenile. We’ll call him Dennis in this story. Dennis lives with his father. He has

A father calls in the middle of the night at 2 a.m. upset. They are at their wit’s end and near despair. He and his partner have been with their autistic son for over 4 hours. He just won’t go to sleep. After dinner, there was an argument over gaming. This got so high that,

Police contact CIT. It’s about an 11-year-old boy. He has been living in foster care for 10 years. For years there was minimal contact between him and his mother. After secretly having had contact, the choice was made to reestablish contact. Unfortunately, this has not gone well recently so he has not been able to

A mother called the police. They are on their way, but not yet on site. Things get out of hand between a mother and daughter (age 10). Daughter is angry and does not calm down. The mother now calls Sietske from the CIT, as this has been advised to her by the social services involved.

It’s Christmas Day when the police call CIT. Nicole and Sietske have evening shifts together. Police are at the scene of a family where a mother is angry and at a loss for words. During the day, the father, took her infant son (5 years old) without permission. She kicks a door and threatens to

Police are calling about a 62-year-old man. He has been causing a nuisance in the neighborhood for some time. Several care reports were made by the police. The neighborhood called the police because they had not heard any sign of life from the man for 4 days. After ringing the bell, the man did not

We look back at an intervention by Nicole along with a colleague from the field. The case involved a report of sexual abuse. The sexual abuse came to light because the little brother reported at school that his sister kept hurting him. Both children are very young, but this signal was immediately taken seriously by

It is Thursday afternoon when police call CIT. Juul answers, police have received a 112 report that a son (23) has beaten up his mother. On scene, police find a dire situation. The house is completely upside down. There is a two-person mattress in the living room, destroyed stuff everywhere and broken glass everywhere. The