Liberty County Sheriff Bobby Rader congratulated and spoke to the fifth graduating class of Correctional Officers that Training Division Supervisor, Cpl. Ann Marie Mitchell has put through an informational crammed class over a required three week training academy class. These new Correctional Officers will assume their positions within the confines of the Liberty County Jail shortly with two of the graduates being veteran Correctional Officers with State Correctional facilities.
A few of the many subjects taught in the Academy class are CPR and First Aid, Mental Health Response, Ethics in Law Enforcement and Stress Management for Correctional Officers to name only a few. All Correctional Officers have the opportunity to advance from a Basic C.O. Certification up to a Master Jail Certification through further training and testing by way of the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE).
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The University of Vermont Firestone Medical Research Building is under construction. PC Construction is the general contractor. Designed by Black River Design, Architects in collaboration with Payette. Courtesy Photo.
by Bruce Edwards, Vermont Business Magazine How tough was last year for some of the state’s commercial contractors? For PC Construction, one of the largest, it was a year when the company took a significant hit – the direct result of the now year-old pandemic.
“Our revenue was off 30 percent, which approximated about $130 million,” said Jay Fayette, PC Construction president and CEO. “So we took it on the chin with work either being delayed, postponed or pushed into 2021.”
There is help for people suffering addictions in Pennsylvania | Opinion
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By Jennifer Smith
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were 5,377 fatal overdoses in Pennsylvania at the height of the opioid overdose crisis in 2017. Those Pennsylvanians represent our loved ones and neighbors – people who battled substance use disorder predominately cast in the shadows due to stigma and lack of resources to live a full, healthy life in recovery.
That is why on Jan. 10, 2018, Governor Wolf issued a first-of-its-kind Disaster Declaration proclaiming heroin and opioid addiction a public health emergency in Pennsylvania and directing specific executive actions to combat the crisis. Since that time, the opioid disaster declaration has been renewed 13 times in a continued effort to curb the opioid overdose epidemic.
Op-Ed: Opioid addiction still a public health emergency in Pennsylvania goerie.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goerie.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.