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Martinsburg Initiative thanks sheriff’s social worker after school social worker killed
Summary
At the May 8 Berkeley County Commission meeting, Margaret Kersey of the Martinsburg Initiative publicly thanked Berkeley County Sheriff’s social worker Alexis Worley for responding to the Feb. 1 killing of school social worker Melody Cook and helping the victim’s child.
Margaret Kersey, director of the Martinsburg Initiative, told the Berkeley County Commission on May 8 that Alexis Worley, a social worker with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, provided immediate comfort and support after the Feb. 1 killing of school social worker Melody Cook.
Kersey said the Martinsburg Initiative — a police, school, community, health and education partnership that serves Martinsburg and Berkeley County — partnered with law enforcement to develop police social work and that the sheriff’s office had “the vision of trauma informed response and trauma informed policing.” She thanked Alexis “for taking care of our social worker” and…
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