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I have only been Sheriff for 3 years, but I brought in with me a strong desire to build and maintain an officer wellness program. That has been hashed out over and over, but what I have done different is I have invested budget money into this program and now I have contracted clinicians that my staff can go to whenever they need to. And those same clinicians are contractually required to respond to me immediately and see my employee in crisis within hours. This has been a life-saving program and for the money I spend, it has paid for itself hundreds of times over with saving employees instead of losing them. I also have a full-time wellness and peer support coordinator and again, her value well exceeds her cost. I want to show other Sheriffs and agencies that they too can do this.

PRESENTERS: Sheriff Jay Armbrister, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (KS), Rebecca Elliot, Clinician LCPC, Elliot Clinical Services, and Morgan Shockley-Haney, DGSO Wellness Coordinator

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