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As mental health calls increase, Maine police seek and find backup ways to respond Share During his first six months as the Biddeford Police Departments community engagement specialist, Jacob Hammer has handled 314 referrals of people in crisis or struggling with their mental health. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer On June 16, one man called Biddeford police more than 15 times. Sometimes he told dispatchers he needed to talk about his mental health, other times his words didn’t make much sens...

Medication because that can affect your bodys ability to stay call, we worry about children and pets who depend on others for water, and even people who are young and healthy can find themselves overtaken by heat if they make the wrong choice about gardening or going for a run. we have been very cautious with our proactive responses. what our proactive responses. what services are — our proactive responses. what services are being _ our proactive responses. what services are being offered - ou...

State and local partners, as well as throughout the state and elsewhere and in addition, were grateful for the support that we have imbedded from our israeli and mexican teams that have joined our operation. we have a full set of social services available to the families. at the hotel, where most of them are staying, and so they are operating in shifts. theyre available around the clock with grief counseling, rabbis, other religious leaders all on-site to assist our families during this difficul...

Crossed the threshold when a victim is being seriously harmed, they understand they can make a profound difference to the lives of the victim if they act in the appropriate way. and during the pandemic, if you remember lockdown 1. pandemic, if you remember lockdown 1, none of us knew where the virus was, and police officers were running into environments where they had no idea that they were going to be safe, and they were protecting victims of domestic abuse, they were innovating and reaching i...

Curriculum that is offensive an you cant buy -- the washington post had a piece out of the helpline -- excuse me, for public and spurred by an unlikely biggest safe targeting critical praise there and then they talked abou how know all of the details tha you put out to the world hold u to scrutiny. you take issue with that point by point. what is the status of that tonight with the washington post ? >> the washington post put out vicious and dishonest piece attacking my work and attacking me per...

Jun. 11—A Whatcom County man is suspected of raping a woman he was familiar with in 2016 in a shed behind his parents' home. The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office booked Logan T. Merlina, 23, into Whatcom County Jail Friday, June 11, on suspicion of third-degree rape. Jail records show he was released later Friday. The sheriff's office spoke to the victim on Jan. 1, 2021, after she reported that ...

Q: My wife and I have Medicare and got tested at Novant’s drive through site at Hanes Mall in January. We were under the impression that these tests were administered

Numbers and websites to have on hand after a disaster strikes.

The local one-stop call for assistance information in the region is now accepting texts.

English so well, and it has certainly taken care of individuals over the year whose language barriers have kept them from health care. so for people who are looking for places to get a vaccine text their zip code to bacuna which will give you three locations and text get vax in exlish and we also have a help line set up in many languages so that people can call directly and get assistance, directly speak to somebody on the phone and get help in their language, so thats -- thats a critical part o...