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and has spent many hours
considering how best to ad-
dress the varied and often
dangerous situations pre-
sented to the law enforce-
ment community. The need
for additional tools in the law
enforcement toolbox was one
of the main points of his pre-
sentation.
According to Turner, OHA
has collated data and law en-
forcement statistics and pro-
posed creating a new plank
of the plan currently in place
to help the public, and by
extension first responders.
Surprisingly, funding for the
program is already in place.
The OHA report strongly
suggests one of the ways that
the community can be better
served by law enforcement
is for officers and other first
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responders to have a support
system in place to deal with
individuals that should not
be incarcerated but still must
be dealt with in some man-
ner.
“It’s really a wonderful
filler between the police,
the fire department and the
hospital. A lot of times there
are gaps that just can’t be
filled, and these people are
an exemplary service that
does that well,” Turner said.
“What Lane County is trying
to do is utilize some of the
money that they have from
OHA to duplicate that ser-
vice, or something very sim-
ilar to it, in Florence.”
The OHA has acquired
funding to begin a program
in Western Lane County
to introduce a mobile team
of councilors and EMTs to
work in conjunction with
county and municipal enti-
ties.
Tu r n e r re c om m e n d e d
Florence accept the county
funding and begin the pro-
cess of creating an entity
with that goal in mind.
“Lane County got about
$600,000 to pursue this. They
earmarked $250,000 for the
Western Lane County area,
specifically for the Florence
area, which is fantastic for
us,” he said. “The reason we
are bringing it forward to you
tonight is because this mon-
ey is actually coming a little
quicker than expected, so it
may be approved as early as
July 1 to start our seed proj-
ect.”
Turner then described the
successful model the OHA
is suggesting be considered
and implemented by partic-
ipating municipalities.
The program is run by the
non-profit social service or-
ganization White Bird and
the mobile component of its
services, Crisis Assistance
Helping Out On the Streets
(CAHOOTS).
CAHOOTS and White
Bird have been assisting low-
er wage earners, the home-
less and the mentally ill since
1970. The organization is
staffed by volunteers and has
become an important ele-
ment of the services offered
to those in crisis in the Eu-
gene area over the past 50
years.
Turner had nothing but
positive comments to share
with councilors regarding
this work.
“CAHOOTS has been a
very successful model for the
Eugene area by providing the
type of services they provide:
crisis counseling; suicide
prevention, assessment and
intervention; conflict resolu-
tion and mediation; dealing
with grief and loss; substance
abuse, medical care and re-
source selection; and refer-
rals and transportation to
services,” Turner said. “I have
a lot of experience with CA-
HOOTS in the past, during
the 24 years I worked with
the City of Eugene, and I can
tell you from my own per-
sonal perspective that they
were an absolute godsend
to have available to us. If we
could do something like that
in Florence, or something
similar, that would be a won-
derful asset, not only for the
City of Florence but to West-
ern Lane County as well.”
Turner then explained the
program has a three-year
implementation plan and
the bulk of the first year will
be spent selecting person-
nel, equipment and training
those selected.
Importantly, Turner ex-
plained, Lane County has
hired a project manager that
has helped the Chief and his
staff prepare the necessary
paperwork to receive the
funding and administrative
support to fully realize the
benefits of the program.
Turner also shared his
feelings about Florence Po-
lice Department’s participa-
tion in the new initiative.
“I am really excited to
assist with this project and
what I see is a very produc-
tive methodology to helping
our community with these
issues and to better focus our
resources,” he said.
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perature can increase in min-
utes, even with the windows
slightly open. Dogs are espe-
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because they do not sweat in
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release body heat by panting.
• Keep pets inside during
the heat of the day; do not
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Walk early in the morning or
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