Agenda - 09-05-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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7 1 population, but paramedics, by the nature of their work, were able to identify those in need and 2 respond. She said there can be 700 calls of this nature, but not all can be reached out to with 3 existing staff levels. 4 Sheriff Blackwood said there is one other component of this program. He said staff is 5 working on an initiative to address the heroin and opioid epidemic. He said there will be a three 6 component program called COORE (Coordinated Opioid Overdose Reduction Effort). He said 7 law enforcement agencies are responding to overdose calls; however there is no follow up once 8 the call is responded to. He said COORE will create a shared network of information to allow 9 investigators to discover the commonalities in the calls. He said the second component of the 10 program will be outreach oriented. He said if Narcan is administered at the scene of a call, 11 there will be a follow up three days later to offer help and services to the addicted individual. 12 He said the third component of the program will be an amnesty program, where people can 13 come to the Sheriff's office to request help and be connected with appropriate resources. He 14 said these efforts will be coordinated by a dedicated staff person. 15 Commissioner Price said she would like to see the budget amended to add a 16 Community Paramedic. 17 Chair Dorosin said he would like to get more information about this proposed position. 18 Commissioner Rich recommended for all Board of County Commissioners to take a 19 CPR class. 20 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 21 22 • Sheriff— page 461 23 o Total expenditure budget - $13,638,496 24 o Revenue adjustments to reflect actuals 25 Federal inmate revenue adjusted to reflect actual 26 collections — ($700,000) 27 Rate increase from $66 to $93 per day not sufficient to 28 offset the reduction in ADP 29 30 Commissioner Price asked if there is a reason for the decrease. 31 Paul Laughton said this was not a reflection of deficit in services, but rather for overtime. 32 Chair Dorosin said the Board expected to see body cameras in this year's budget. 33 Sheriff Blackwood said there are two in operation currently. He said he was originally 34 not in favor of cameras, but their benefits to interactions between officers and the public have 35 become apparent. He said a product that would work well with the local environment has been 36 found, and 10 cameras are on the way from Motorola to put in the field, at no cost. He said 37 Motorola came and spent time with the Sheriff's Department, and developed an apparatus 38 specifically suited for them. He said the in-car camera and the body camera do not need to be 39 operated by the same vendor, but Motorola has proposed a better and less expensive in car 40 camera than that which is currently used, and that will be utilized moving forward. He said this 41 whole process is very exciting. 42 43 • Non-Departmental, Pg. 419 44 o No significant budget changes 45 46 Commissioner Jacobs referred back to the criminal justice component of the 47 presentation through the Sheriff's Department component, and said the progress and growth is 48 a testament to Sheriff Blackwood's leadership, willingness to be part of a team, and willingness 49 to be innovative.