Cochise County sheriff highlights 24/7 mental‑health response team, warns of scams and urges wildfire preparedness ahead of Cars for Kids fundraiser

Sheriff Mark Dannels said Cochise County now operates a 24/7 mental‑health response team of four professionals and a doctor and credited a Legacy Foundation grant for helping sustain the program. He also warned listeners about ongoing scams that recently cost a local elderly couple more than $88,000, urged residents to sign up for the county's AlertSense mass‑notification system, and invited the public to the Cars for Kids fundraiser this weekend.

Dannels told KWCD's First Watch that he and county colleagues traveled to Paradise Valley to brief donors and state officials about Cochise County's border interdiction and intervention programs. "There was a lot of folks there last night, a lot of influential people from the state and from government all the way through," he said, and noted the meeting produced renewed support for the…