WILLIAMSBURG — In 2021, there were 16 people who died in Whitley County due to overdose, according data gathered by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center.
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Corbin Police Department may soon have a new face in the office who won’t be carrying a gun.
Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein presented the plan for a pilot program, which would place a behavioral health clinician inside the Corbin Police Department, to the Corbin City Commission on Jan. 19.
As part of the pilot program, the clinician would be available to provide both formal and informal training to police staff and other city staff and assist in offering consultations to officers on call or during encounters.
“We want to give them [officers] more tools to use and we want to take the pressure off of law enforcement in dealing with everything that comes their way,” said Rein.
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Jan 21, 2021
Jan 21, 2021
CORBIN â The Corbin Police Department will soon add a behavioral health specialist to its ranks thanks to a grant procured by the Whitley County Health Department.
During the Corbin City Commissionâs special-called meeting Tuesday evening, the commission approved a motion agreeing to proceed with a grant that embeds a behavioral health specialist in the Corbin Police Department.
Prior to the commissionâs vote, Whitley County Health Department Director Marcy Rein presented the pilot program funded by the Whitley County STAR (Standing Together for Appalachian Resilience) grant and called the grant a response to the prevalent opioid use in the local area.