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Crime Commission and County Outline First‑Responder Wellness Center Plan at 3rd & Broadway
Summary
Sedgwick County, Wichita Police and partners described a proposed first‑responder health and wellness center (Crime Commission to buy Building D) offering peer support, therapy offices, training rooms and a gym; private fundraising pledged $750,000 for programming and commissioners received the update 5–0.
Sheriff Jeff Easter and Wichita Police Department leaders presented a proposal to create a shared health and wellness center for first responders, centered on a building the Crime Commission is negotiating to acquire at 3rd and Broadway.
Wendy Hummel, the sheriff’s health and wellness manager (shown in a video), described peer support and the program’s role in preventing acute staff crises. "Once somebody does open up or decide to open up to somebody in peer support, they are kind of a bridge to…embedded therapist or other…
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