Police & Peers
Police and Peers is aimed at sharing the exorbitant workload placed on law enforcement when responding to a nonviolent, non law enforcement-specific incident. Police and Peers pairs an embedded or co-responding PRSS with law enforcement to assist with social service needs during a domestic response.
Local Contact: Tyson Kincaid 304-640-6402
Goals
The PRSS is specially trained in opioid reversal, case management, and motivational interviewing and can help control and de-escalate sensitive behavioral health, drug-related, or domestic situations freeing up law enforcement to focus on the enforcement aspect and public safety.
The Police and Peers PRSS will have access to resources and outreach capabilities linking individuals to substance use treatment centers, social services, and programs such as Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START), Quick Response Teams (QRT), behavioral health treatment centers, medication-assisted treatment centers (MAT) and DHHR’s continuum of services as well as Veterans Assistance services.