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Sheriff's Office describes expanded wellness, peer‑support work and requests sustained funding and HR support
Summary
The Sheriff's Office outlined a multi‑year wellness program — peer support, fitness/nutrition, critical incident debriefing and training — and asked the Board for sustained funding, improved EAP services and a full‑time wellness coordinator.
Sheriff's Office leaders told the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 that enhanced, sustained funding and institutional support are needed to sustain and expand a multi‑year wellness program for deputies and corrections staff.
Chief Deputy and wellness staff described a peer‑support program formed after a series of critical incidents in the mid‑2000s. The program now includes a peer support team, critical incident stress debriefing capability, limited wellness technology pilots (a…
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