Under the program, licensed behavioral health counselors or nurses make themselves readily available to law enforcement officers to peacefully resolve calls for service, involving mentally ill patients or the homeless. In some cases, specialists respond with deputies or police officers to 911 calls, provided there are no immediate risks to safety. We may be able to get to the subjects and triage the situation in the field, saving a lot of time, money and resources, Vrooman said.
He acknowledged the goal is, whenever possible, to keep mentally ill individuals or chronic substance abusers from landing in the correctional system. The preference is to divert them into treatment centers or hospitals, if that level of care is truly needed.
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The goal is, whenever possible, to keep mentally ill individuals or chronic substance abusers from landing in the correctional system. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA The Board of Supervisors Tuesday signed off on a plan by the Riverside County Sheriff s Department and Riverside University Health System to expand behavioral health teams that can be deployed to assist in defusing situations involving mentally ill residents, or others who may need help finding treatment opportunities. We want more of these teams because they can help with heading off situations, Undersheriff Dennis Vrooman told the board. We re not adding new law enforcement personnel. A lot of it is about counseling, providing services to people who may just be off their medication.
Motorist injured in crash with Indio power pole
A woman was seriously hurt today when a car she was riding in struck a power pole in Indio.
The Dodge Dart collided with the power pole at about 8:30 a.m. on Monroe Street, just north of Highway 111, according to Indio Police Department
spokesman Ben Guitron.
#TrafficAlert Monroe Street between Avenida del Mar and Highway 111 will remain closed in both directions until at least 10 p.m. tonight because of that earlier traffic collision. Please use alternate routes if possible to avoid delays. pic.twitter.com/NosF95hset City of Indio (@CityofIndio) March 10, 2021
Police believe a Mecca man is connected to a fatal shooting in Indio that occurred last November, according to an Indio Police Department news release.
Shane Grajiola, 28 of Mecca, was arrested Nov. 20, when he was found to be in possession of a firearm, a violation of his probation, jail records show.
Now investigators with Indio Police Department say they believe he is also connected to a fatal shooting at Yucca Park, in Indio, that occurred about two weeks earlier.
On Nov. 5, at about 3 a.m., Indio police officers were dispatched to the park at 43-605 Yucca Lane, after receiving reports of a man injured.
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