Louise C. Pyers

M.S., B.C.E.T.S.

Louise Pyers is founder, Statewide Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Team  Program Coordinator and Executive Director of the CT Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement (CABLE), Inc. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Community Psychology and Counseling and is Board Certified by The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She is a Connecticut P.O.S.T. Certified Police Instructor in the areas of Stress Management, Suicide Intervention and Assessment and Citizens With Special Needs. Louise has worked with police, fire, EMS workers and their families on issues related to mental health since 1999. She has conducted numerous trainings for Peer Support Teams and clinicians who work with police.  Certified in Critical Incident Stress Management Louise serves on a regional CISM team specializing in services to public safety personnel.

As the coordinator for the state supported Crisis Intervention Team program, Louise has facilitated over 80 CIT trainings across the state since 2003. She received the CIT International Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator of the Year award in 2011.  Louise has also provided educational programming on employee mental health and wellness to the Connecticut Department of Corrections and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch. She authored an article on “suicide by cop” published in the FBI National Academy Magazine and co-authored an article regarding police responses to persons in psychiatric crisis published in Law and Order magazine.