Sheriff's office reports co-response expansion after state grants; program logs 159 clients in first year

Sarah Bridal, who leads the sheriff's co-response program, told commissioners the team started training and policy work after a July 2025 hire and began active operations in September 2025. Bridal said the program made 152 active 911 responses and worked 159 unique clients in the year, achieving about 80% of its case-management goals. "We were awarded roughly 562,000, to expand to that 2nd team," Bridal said, adding that the opioid-infrastructure funds would cover two years of salaries for the second team and case-management capacity.