Two King County Sheriff’s Office projects will receive federal funding, including a mental health co-response team and a rapid DNA processing system.<\/p>\n
The federal funding arrives alongside funding for 12 additional projects in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, including infrastructural and community projects.<\/p>\n
The King County Sheriff’s Office will receive $963,000 in funding for its mental health co-response team, according to a news release from Congresswoman Kim Schrier.<\/p>\n
According to Sgt. Eric White, a spokesperson for the King County Sheriff’s Office, the agency’s Therapeutic Response Unit partners mental health professionals with deputies responding to calls for service involving crisis, de-escalation, and social service referrals for community members “that have an intersection with public safety calls for service.”<\/p>\n
According to White, the funding will support the development of the team, including funding supplies and equipment, and training to serve within the sheriff’s office’s jurisdiction where co-response resources do not currently exist, including Maple Valley, Sammamish, and unincorporated King County.<\/p>\n
According to Schrier’s news release, the funding will include the cost for a dedicated mental health professional, a dedicated law enforcement officer, vehicle expenses, and ancillary expenses like uniforms, cellphones, training and more for the co-response team.<\/p>\n
The King County Sheriff’s Office will receive $811,000 for funding Rapid DNA analysis technology, enabling law enforcement to develop a DNA profile from a reference sample mouth swab in 1 to 2 hours, without the need for a DNA laboratory and without any human interpretation, according to FBI documents.<\/p>\n
White said he did not have information to provide regarding the Rapid DNA technology project.<\/p>\n
According to Schrier’s news release, the technology will help the Sheriff’s Office identify suspects faster and address a backlog of cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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