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After months of increased crisis calls, Jackson Hole s Chief of Police, Michelle Weber, has decided to create a new position in the force: a social worker.
This past year, the Jackson Hole police have responded to 165 crisis calls. Those include mental, financial or pandemic-related matters. That s a rise of 36 percent from 2020. And this is with an increase in total service calls.
Weber said the officers would spend up to 90 minutes on these calls. Our town has, at a minimum, two officers on staff. And during the summer months, we service, you know, there s 65,000 visitors in the town of Jackson, said Weber. So, that s not a lot of officers for the population that we re serving.
WYDOT: 50 mph on 22
The Wyoming Department of Transportation, Teton County and its residents have been debating what speed is right for a stretch of Highway 22. On Thursday, WYDOT announced a number thatâs higher than the countyâs ask but lower than what the state agency recommended this spring.
That number is 50 miles per hour, all year long. Thatâs the midpoint between the 45 mph year-round limit county commissioners requested and the 55 mph limit WYDOT initially said was appropriate.
The department plans to implement the new limit on the stretch of Highway 22 that runs from Spring Gulch Road to Emily Stevens Park on July 1 âor earlier.â