Pleasant Prairie police adding social worker to help families in mental health emergencies

Pleasant Prairie police adding social worker to help families in mental health emergencies

A new partnership is bringing mental health care directly into policing in Pleasant Prairie.The Pleasant Prairie Police Department is hiring its first full-time embedded social worker, who will respond alongside officers when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis.The position is funded through a state grant, as part of a partnership with Kenosha County Behavioral Health Services.Local law enforcement officers are often the first to resp…