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Williamson Sheriff honored for mental health unit

One of the keys to diverting mentally ill offenders from jail into treatment on the front end is training law enforcement to handle mental health calls without making the problem worse and directing people to services on the front end instead of waiting for the court to order it later. At many agencies such specialized mental health units are called Crisis Intervention Teams, and I was pleased to see the Williamson County Sheriff won a national award for work by their CIT unit, the Austin Statesman reported ("Williamson County Sheriff wins national honor," Nov. 27):For coordinating services with crisis intervention specialists aimed at helping mentally ill people, instead of just putting them in jail, Williamson County Sheriff James Wilson was selected Sheriff of the Year by the 2008 National Crisis Intervention Team Conference Committee at a gathering in Atlanta earlier this month ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 30, 2008 (boomark / email).