Compact 2020 launches a new platform
Photo by Erin Nelson.
Natalie Steed, communications development coordinator for the Shelby County Sheriffâs Office, works with deputy Matt Glassford and Sgt. Kevin Brand as they record their introductions for the Compact 2020 podcast March 29.
In 2016, city and county leaders from Shelby County came together to form a partnership like nothing that had been done before. Their goal was to take a proactive approach to the increasing trend of substance abuse and addiction among students and young adults and equip families to respond to their loved ones facing these challenges.
That partnership, called Compact 2020, uses career law enforcement officers, who are specialized investigators, in an attempt to gather information to identify students and young adults who are at risk of substance abuse and addiction or are already involved.