Reply The goal is, whenever possible, to keep mentally ill individuals or chronic substance abusers from landing in the correctional system. (Renee Schiavone/Patch) RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The Board of Supervisors Tuesday signed off on a plan by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and Riverside University Health System to expand behavioral health teams that can be deployed to assist in defusing situations involving mentally ill residents, or others who may need help finding treatment opportunities. "We want more of these teams because they can help with heading off situations," Undersheriff Dennis Vrooman told the board. "We're not adding new law enforcement personnel. A lot of it is about counseling, providing services to people who may just be off their medication."