Clearwater police to join Pinellas sheriffâs mental health unit
A Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office unit that pairs deputies with social workers is expanding. Clearwater police officers are set to join the unit.
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Clearwater police Chief Dan Slaughter, right, answers questions at a 2016 forum alongside Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, center, and St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway, left.
Updated Jan. 21
The Clearwater Police Department is set to join an upcoming expansion of a Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office unit that pairs deputies with social workers to respond to calls involving people in crisis.
The Clearwater City Council was set to vote Thursday on whether to approve an agreement between the two agencies, in which two police officers will join a mental health unit of six deputies. The city will also pay for two of the eight crisis response specialists employed by the Sheriffâs Office.
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2021 marks the sixth consecutive year for the Kids Tag Art Pinellas program. (Pinellas County Tax Collector)
Press release from Pinellas County Tax Collector:
Jan. 18, 2021
On the evening of January 14th, the imaginations of local 5th-grade students were celebrated as Kids Tag Art Pinellas hosted their first-ever virtual awards ceremony at Largo High School.
Subscribe 2021 marks the sixth consecutive year for the Kids Tag Art Pinellas program.
Through a partnership with the Pinellas County Tax Collector, Charles W. Thomas, and Pinellas County Schools, funds are raised for local elementary art classrooms by encouraging 5th grade students to design their very own, front-facing vanity plates during art class.
Bicyclist nearly killed by Madeira Beach garbage truck sues city
Julie Henning, of Virginia, was left with a traumatic brain injury, compound fractures and damaged organs after a city truck hit her last May.
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Julie Henning, of Virginia, lived an active lifestyle of fishing, birding, biking and kayaking before a Madeira Beach garbage truck hit her while she rode her bicycle last May. Now she s suing the city. [ Courtesy of Julie Henning ]
Published Jan. 19
MADEIRA BEACH â Julie Henning woke one morning last May with what figured to be a lovely Saturday ahead of her, warm and nearly cloudless. She had traveled from her home outside Washington, D.C., where sheâs in charge of policy for the National Wildlife Refuge System, to a place her family owned here, her bicycle and kayak in tow.
Detectives say the suspects are using the common "grandparent" scam. The victims are contacted by the scammers, who pretend to be one of their grandchildren, a detective or an attorney calling about their grandchild.