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With 555 participating counties across the U.S., the Stepping Up initiative is the nation’s most ambitious and far-reaching effort to reduce the prevalence of mental health conditions and substance use disorders in jails.
As Mental Health Awareness Month in May has concluded, Alamance County recognizes the seventh anniversary of Stepping Up, a national …
The first CIT Training Class for 2022 was held at The Lamb’s Chapel in Alamance County May 23rd-27th with 23 graduates including 17 sworn LE Officers, 1 Detention Officer, one CSI Officer, 3 EMS Staff, and 1 telecommunicator. Alamance County continues its sincere commitment to seeing Law Enforcement and other first responders CIT …
After more than a year without CIT Training in Alamance County due to the Global Pandemic, classes resumed the week of September 12-16 with 12 officers graduating and were held again in November the week of the 14th-18 with 24 officers graduating. All law enforcement jurisdictions in Alamance County have continued their …
In April 2021, the Alamance County Pretrial Supervision Program initiated a pilot program for Electronic Monitoring with GPS Satellite Tracking. This is an additional program resource to enable individuals awaiting trial to be released from jail under electronic monitoring/supervision while they await trial. The pilot is approved for a maximum of eight …
Law Enforcement Officers within Alamance County Sheriff’s Office who respond to mental health calls for service are now able to enter this information in a quick mobile app which enables the county to be able to collect, track and analyze data specific to the number of calls, how many were responded to …
While CIT Training for Law Enforcement and EMS was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are happy to report that the Alamance County CIT Steering committee is again meeting and 2 training events have been scheduled for 2021, with a 3rd possible date being added. The training events are …
In October 2020, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs awarded Alamance County a three-year grant for $741,678. The Sheriff’s Office applied for the grant in partnership with RHA Healthcare, as the sub-award recipient. The four project deliverables for this grant include:
1) Expanding current Behavioral Health Crisis Center operational hours by …
“Congratulations to all Law Enforcement Agencies in Alamance County. Their commitment to CIT leads to positive results like this.
The actions mentioned in the Washington Post story about the Burlington Police Department are exactly what my family experienced a few years ago in Burlington. The de-escalation skills work. My family has experienced incidents …
The Stepping Up Semi-Annual Task Force meeting was held with approximately 35 community leaders and stakeholders in attendance. Highlights of the program featured updates as well as Chief District Court Judge Tom Lambeth speaking to the group relative to work being done in the county around Bail Bond Policy Revision and our …
A local team from Alamance County was among 18 counties invited to attend Attorney General Josh Stein’s Roundtable on Pretrial Release and Accountability. Included in the local team were the Sheriff, the District Attorney, the Magistrate, our Clerk of Superior Court, our Chief Superior Court Judge and Chief District Court Judge; as …