Following the turbulent year of 2020, local police gathered to reflect on an officer lost to the pandemic and to honor those who have saved lives and served their communities.
On Sunday afternoon, nearly 150 graduates from Griffith High School walked across the stage to get the diplomas they worked over a decade to receive. Each student was also handed
K-9 Gino, 9, was born in November 2011 in Bergheim, France. He officially joined the ranks of the Griffith Police Department s patrol division on June 1, 2013, police said.
In an effort to spread awareness, members of the Lake County Child Death Review Team are working to partner with the Region’s communities in preventing the abuse and neglect of
Limitations on admissions
Toward the back of IU Methodist’s emergency room is a five-room area called secure holding. Someone experiencing a mental health crisis in that area is still considered an ER patient. Reis said people may stay in secure holding anywhere between a few hours or several days.
“It gives us the flexibility to again have somebody in a space that s designed more for safety,” Reis said.
There are three ways someone can legally be admitted to a psychiatric unit in Indiana:
The patient may volunteer to enter treatment, agreeing that a stay in an inpatient psychiatric unit is necessary.