In 2021, Crow Wing County skilled a dramatic improve in psychological well being calls to the Sheriff’s Workplace. Sheriff Scott Goddard sees this as a serious concern and continues to be trying to find a superb answer to the best way to higher deal with the abundance of psychological well being calls.
It hasn’t even been a full two months into 2022, and Crow Wing County is already seeing information that implies that the rise in psychological well being calls will proceed to climb at a dramatic charge once more this yr. The Sheriff’s Workplace alone is at the moment averaging one name associated to psychological well being points a day. That common solely consists of the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Workplace, and never surrounding places of work just like the Brainerd and Baxter Police Departments.
Sheriff Goddard says that there’s not full-proof plan set in place but, however they’ve begun working carefully with social service staff and are leaning into the concept of getting psychological well being professionals work alongside officers on these psychological well being calls. The Sheriff’s Workplace additionally desires to reassure the group that they’re right here to assist, and if you’re coping with a psychological well being points, although they don’t seem to be consultants, they’ll assist anyway they will.
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