Hendersonville News
Local sheriff's deputies can spend hours handling involuntary committals instead of patrolling the streets. The time-consuming process can create problems for law enforcement, hospitals, people who suffer mental illness and the community. This issue and more will be explored in an upcoming meeting hosted by the Four Seasons chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The meeting is at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Pardee Education Center in the Blue Ridge Mall. The public is invited. "This is an information session to inform people of the need for a crisis intervention team and what it is so that we can hopefully get it started," said Nancy Moreland, the education program chair for Four Seasons NAMI.Crisis intervention teams are community collaborations between mental health providers, law enforcement officers and consumer advocates. The teams are geared toward improving the outcomes of law enforcement interaction with people with mental illness. The meeting will include members of Four Seasons NAMI, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the Western North Carolina and Wake County chapters of NAMI. For more on this story, read Thursday's Times-News
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