The City of Snyder Police Department and the Scurry County Sheriff’s Office are partnering with Cogdell Behavioral Health to provide licensed mental health professionals who will ride alongside five mental health peace officers (Sgt Salinas, Sgt Key, Ofc Listwan, Ofc. A. Silva, and Ofc Beynon). This initiative is designed to help prevent the escalation of crises and connect individuals in need with appropriate mental health services.
Police Chief Mike Counts shared that mental health officers are looking forward to building trauma-informed connections within the community and improving outcomes related to mental health needs.
The city is proud to support a collaborative approach, according to City Manager Eli Torres. With help from local partners such as Cogdell Behavioral Health’s licensed professionals, we are showing up for our neighbors in a proactive way.