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In most instances, Sheridan Police Department officers are the first on the scene during times of mental health crisis. On Jan. 20, officers of the Sheridan PD received training in techniques to deescalate those situations.  Police officers are not mental health experts. The officers are trained to protect human life and enforce the laws of the community. In some situations the life they are working to protect may be experiencing a crisis. While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, SP...

While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, SPD Chief Travis Koltiska and Lieutenant Tom Ringley thanked the Sheridan community for a quiet holiday season.  The three year average for 2017-19 amounts to 216 DUIs a

Sheridan County’s Commissioners voted to approve the holiday and other closures for the coming 2021 calendar year, and also voted to approve the assignments to boards, commissions and committees for each county commissioner. The closures are typical, including Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Memorial Day, but includes Sheridan’s traditional closure for the Sheridan WYO Rodeo. The commissioners approved board memberships and liaison positions for various entities such as the SAWS Joint P...

The Sheridan Police Department has received 28 Automated External Defibrillators, LifePak CR2s, due to a generous grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust through the Wyoming EMS Association.  According to emssafetyservices.com, AEDs are a safe and easy to use device that delivers a therapeutic electric shock to the heart as treatment for a victim in Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).  AEDs are mobile and often found on the walls of public venues and corporations across Americ...