The final Crisis Intervention Team Training for Law Enforcement and First Responders for 2018, was held the week of December 3rd -7th at Lake McIntosh Clubhouse in Burlington. Approximately 25 officers and first responders completed this nationally accredited course and graduated on December 7th, 2018. This brings the total LE and First …
NC Rehabilitation Conference in Cary, NC on November 8, 2018
Commissioner Bob Byrd and Kirk Puckett, Public Information Officer for the Sheriff’s Office presented on the Stepping Up Initiative in Alamance County at the NC Rehabilitation Annual Conference in Cary, NC on November 8th. The presentation highlighted the national crisis of those with mental illness or mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse …
Stepping Up Initiative Task Force Meeting October 4th, 2018
Approximately 50 community leaders, agency heads and citizen advocates gathered at the ARMC Cancer Center Auditorium on October 4th to hear updates on Alamance County Stepping Up including information on the Mental Health Crisis Response Team at the Sheriff’s Office, Pre-Trial Release Planning efforts, latest data; as well as viewing a video …
CIT Graduation May 2018
19 Officers from across Alamance County graduated in Crisis Intervention Team Training ( CIT) on May 11, 2018–including one EMS staff and two Detention Officers. The 40 hour training was held at Lake McIntosh in Burlington the week of May 7-11. Since May 2016, more than 130 Officers have been certified in …
Highlights from the Alamance County Stepping Up Day of Action
Below are photos from the Alamance County Stepping Up Day of Action held at the Historic Depot in downtown Burlington on Wednesday, May 16th. The National Day of Action celebrated 2 years of the Stepping Up Initiative and included a hotdog lunch prepared and served by the Sheriff’s Department, with Smitty’s Homemade …
Commissioners Accept $1.2 Million from Cardinal Innovations for Diversion Center
The Board accepted $1.2 million dollars from Cardinal Innovations that will be used to create a mental health diversion and restoration center. The plan is to create a public-private partnership that will operate the center with the county providing the infrastructure and upkeep. County Manager Bryan Hagood detailed for the Board the …
CIT Graduation
On May 12, 2017–14 Law Enforcement Officers from across Alamance County graduated from CIT Training. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training is a 40 hour course taught locally by trained community professionals. CIT provides law enforcement-based crisis intervention training for assisting those individuals with a mental illness, and improves the safety of …
NC Stepping Up Summit
On May 9th, 2017 the first NC Stepping Up Summit was held in Raleigh NC. County Leaders, Law Enforcement Officials, Behavioral Health Professionals and many others were on hand to hear from Stepping Up counties in North Carolina as well as featured keynote speakers from across the nation. Eleven members of the …