TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — A brand new place will reply to social service and mental health crises.
The social service and disaster response specialist will help deputies responding to mental health-related calls.
Sheriff Bob Goldsmith is hiring for the place. He says the specialist will join individuals to providers locally and comply with up with them down the street.
He provides deputies are sometimes the primary to reply to calls however aren’t specialists in dealing with mental health conditions.
“We have plenty of mental health-related to calls, so this individual can be responding with officers as typically as doable and likewise reaching again out to that individual to make sure that they are going to appointments,” Goldsmith says.
As News 18 reported, West Lafayette Police Department added an identical place final 12 months. Lafayette Police Department additionally plans to rent a number of specialists targeted on social providers.
