In Clear Creek County, there\u2019s now an alternative to the police being dispatched every time a local calls 911. The county now has a mental health team ready to respond to crises at a moment\u2019s notice. The change comes more than a year after 22-year-old Christian Glass was shot to death while suffering mental health issues, not having done anything wrong\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new duo is prepared, Director Clark Church says, to respond to situations with a different approach than on a standard emergency call\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
230830 C Church- hang out a bit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q:\u2026solutions to problems\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He and his partner, licensed professional counselor Lynzee Buseck, will also show up in plain clothes, in an old pickup truck, with no guns, ready to listen. Some thought the Sheriff\u2019s office was trying to listen to Glass last summer, when he was in crisis. But that situation ended up with a deputy standing on the hood of his pickup, shooting him to death. That\u2019s the kind of thing this team hopes to avoid and eliminate, getting people out of a crisis mindset. The two of them, with help of little Corgi dog Olive, will try to provide a therapist\u2019s approach to folks needing help, the only goal being to solve their problem, a different angle than law enforcement\u2019s traditional approach…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
230830 L Buseck- different intervention\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q:\u2026type of intervention\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the funding was available, they\u2019d like to increase their team of 2 to at least 7, with multiple pairs able to cover their county 24-7. They start out only working 40 hours a week, so outside standard hours, Clear Creek will call in backups from nearby Evergreen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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