The co-responder unit from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Medical Services will focus on mental health calls, welfare checks and involuntary commitments.
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Letter: More effective plan needed for drug problems
“One solution: Once arrested, our legal folks need to either mandate time in lockup or mandatory rehab for users and strict time for dealers. This must stop, or it will get worse!
From CPP: Legislators subpoena Buncombe official over DSS handling of child’s case
Confidentiality rules preventing discussion of child welfare cases may limit much of the testimony NC legislators seek.
Letter: Recent jail coverage sets the right tone
“In the final analysis, the dehumanizing discourse of ‘removing undesirables,’ which has become sadly normalized and increasingly vicious as of late, is irreconcilable with achieving the county’s stated goals.”