This day and a half workshop focused on people with mental
illness and co-occurring disorders, involved with the criminal justice system
in our county and more than 25 participants from across the criminal justice
continuum participated including advocates, law enforcement executives,
behavioral health providers, judges and a host of community leaders—as well as
individuals with lived experience …

Alamance County is excited over the full support of all law
enforcement jurisdictions within the county in having entire agencies trained
in Crisis Intervention Team Training
(40 hour course). In addition, EMS also is sending many of its staff.

10 CIT trainings for Law Enforcement and EMS have taken
place since October 2016 including 180 law …

Gary Ander, Stepping Up Project Coordinator gives an overview of the agenda at the June 1st Stepping Up Task Force meeting held at Cone Health/Alamance Regional.  There were approximately 55 community stakeholders in attendance including Chiefs from various law enforcement jurisdictions, behavioral health providers, non-profits agencies, service providers, court staff,county government, veterans service providers …