Davis County postvention plan reviewed after four local suicides, sheriff's office outlines support steps

Lieutenant Josh Boucher of the Davis County Sheriff's Office told the South Weber City Council on March 25 that the county's Suicide Postvention Plan is “an organized response aimed at supporting affected individuals to help alleviate suffering and emotional distress, and to prevent additional trauma and contagion.” The plan includes psychological first aid, crisis intervention, survivor connection cards and guidance for safe, planned engagement with media partners.

City Manager David Larson told the Council there have been four suicides in South Weber City in the last nine months; the number was reported by Larson during the presentation. The sheriff's office maintains a county web resource for grief and loss at daviscountyutah.gov/health/grief-and-loss and provides survivor connection cards to those affected. The briefing emphasized coordinated local response to reduce contagion risk and to connect survivors with services.

Council members did not take formal action but were encouraged to share the county resource information with community partners and residents. The presentation focused on immediate postvention steps and available resources; no budgetary requests or new city policies were proposed at the meeting.