The Independence City Council has voted to add a police social worker position to the Independence Police Department. The position is expected to be filled by the beginning of the year.
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Could social worker help prevent ‘repeat calls’ in Independence?
Independence is considering adding a full-time police social worker to the force to handle calls involving domestic issues, drugs, and other issues that would be better handled with a service intervention.
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NKY welcomes more police social workers with opioid abatement funds
More police social workers could be coming to Northern Kentucky thanks to abatement pay-outs in a settlement between the Kentucky Attorney General’s office and pharmaceutical companies.
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Highland Heights hires full-time police social worker
Highland Heights City Council voted at their Dec. 6 meeting to hire a full-time social worker to work in tandem with the police department. Social worker Angie Weinel previously worked jointly for the city’s police department and the Campbell County Police Department. Police social work is relatively new to Northern Kentucky. The City of Alexandria’s […]