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Sheriff candidate Ron Heeg highlights mental‑health, CIT training and donated K‑9 unit
La Porte County League of Women Voters candidate forum · March 27, 2026
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Incumbent sheriff Ron Heeg said mental illness and drug abuse are the county’s biggest problems, described a high rate of Crisis Intervention Team training among deputies, and said the K‑9 unit is funded entirely by donations with no taxpayer dollars used.
Ron Heeg, the incumbent La Porte County sheriff and the lone sheriff candidate at the forum, framed mental‑health and substance abuse as the county’s most pressing public‑safety challenge and outlined departmental responses.
Heeg said approximately half of people jailed take psychotropic medications and argued the county…
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