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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7 ELECTIONS Candidates make case to wear sheriff’s badge services and mental health providers met last week at Incumbent Sheriff Ter- a conference in Pendleton ry Rowan said in his irst to help identify and close term, he has made the gaps in service. Lehnert sheriff’s ofice more pro- said that was helpful, but fessional and respon- large gaps remain. sive. Lehnert said all Challenger Ryan the suicidal people Lehnert promised to he has encountered use the ofice, should as a cop have been he defeat Rowan in under the inluence the November elec- of drugs or alcohol. tion, to improve Yet the detoxiica- mental health treat- Lehnert tion center in Pend- ment. He also said he leton will not accept would begin working people who are sui- toward agency ac- cidal, and the men- creditation in his irst tal health provider 100 days in ofice. Lifeways Inc. will The two candi- not take anyone in- dates met last week toxicated. with the East Orego- No third option nian editorial board Rowan exists, he said, but he to lay out their argu- would push for one ments for the job. as sheriff. Lehnert expressed his Rowan agreed that men- passion for helping people tal health is the most sig- with mental heath prob- niicant problem for law lems. Most citizens who enforcement. So he helped police deal with routinely institute new programs in suffer from some kind of the county jail to help in- mental heath crisis or ad- mates with their mental diction, he said, and ind- heath, including the avail- ing ways to help them is ability of a counselor who the major challenge faced can evaluate inmates. But by law enforcement. Rowan said he, too, gets Local police, emergency frustrated with the lack of By PHIL WRIGHT Staff Writer MEDICAL DIRECTORY facilities and options. “We know they are in crisis,” he said. “But we don’t have anywhere to put them.” To that end, Rowan said he is interested in inding better ways to help people in crisis, and state Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, could look at the issue in the 2017 Legislature. Row- an said he would join such an effort. Campaign inancial re- ports show Smith’s re-elec- tion committee gave $500 to Rowan’s effort. And Umatilla County Commis- sioner Bill Elfering con- tributed $250. Rowan’s campaign has raised $9,513 and has $4,920 cash on hand. Lehnert’s campaign has raised $10,045 and has $4,428 available. Rowan also touted en- dorsements from state Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, and state Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, all three Umatil- la County commissioners, as well as a trio of retired commissioners. Rowan also said he built his irst campaign platform to address complaints he heard as the former under- sheriff about the lack of patrol deputies and long response times. So he pur- sued policing contracts with Athena and Weston, he said, and looked for savings in the budget that resulted in adding seven deputies to make a total of 14. But Lehnert claims the complaints about lack of response from the sheriff’s ofice have not gone away. He said the irst contributer to his campaign was upset that Rowan would not re- turn phone calls, a com- plaint he has heard others express, including some in law enforcement. Rowan said he under- took a careful, layered approach to improving the sheriff’s ofice, from getting all employees into STAY UP TO DATE EVEN ON THE GO AT: HERMISTONHERALD.COM the same uniform to a ma- jor upgrade at the dispatch center. And the work is not inished, but he said ac- complishments in his irst term are numerous and the relationships with partner agencies are solid. 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