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Putnam County legislators press Sheriff to quantify cost of co‑responder mental‑health deputy
Summary
Putnam County officials discussed sustaining the Co‑Responder Team after a grant extension, with county social‑services and law‑enforcement leaders warning the deputy role is currently unpaid and that road‑patrol vacancies are increasing overtime costs. Legislators asked the Sheriff to report fiscal impacts and flagged recent coroner data showing four suicides this year.
Putnam County legislative members pressed the Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 12 to provide precise fiscal numbers for maintaining a deputy assigned to the Co‑Responder Team (CRT), a program pairing a mental‑health clinician with a sheriff’s deputy to respond to behavioral‑health calls.
Commissioner of the Department of Social Services Sara Servadio said the CRT is operating under a six‑month grant extension and that the program — a clinician partnered with a deputy — has been in place for about two years. She said the team logged “about 1,200 unduplicated engagements” last year, a volume she and legislators…
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