Auglaize County is implementing a new service with their emergency dispatch center that will hopefully lead to more safe rescues of those with mental health issues.
Itâs called the Special Population Operation Team, or SPOT for short, and its goal is to improve communication between certain residents with special needs and first responders.
It mainly focuses on the population of people who are known to get lost or wander, like those with dementia or autism. Caretakers must register a person to be included in the SPOT program, and the registration includes key information that could lead to finding their location in an emergency.
Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office offers new program
S.P.O.T. to help those with special needs
WAPAKONETA The Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office will be offering a new program free to the resident of Auglaize County called S.P.O.T. (Special Population Operations Team). The goal of our new program is to increase the effectiveness of communication and interaction with residents of all ages that may have special considerations in case of an emergency. Such considerations may include: Alzheimer’s, dementia, schizophrenia, PTSD, autism, ADHD, developmental disability, down syndrome, blindness, deafness, language barriers or differently-abled.
The initial sign-up step would be to contact our office to register your family member. A S.P.O.T. coordinator would provide you with a registration form and questionnaire. Once the information is completed, the information will be transferred into our dispatch system. This would allow for instant access to law enforcement and first responder
Auglaize sheriff: Special needs program begins
WAPAKONETA The Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office is implementing a new program to increase the communication and interaction with residents with special needs such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, schizophrenia, PTSD, autism, ADHD, developmental disability, Down syndrome, blindness, deafness or other physical or language barriers.
The free program open to residents of Auglaize County is called SPOT, for Special Population Operations Team.
The initial sign-up step requires residents to contact the sheriff’s office to register a family member. A SPOT coordinator will provide a registration form and questionnaire. Once the information is completed the information will be transferred into the office’s dispatch system, allowing instant access to law enforcement and first responders.