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Law enforcement moves to include mental health aid Agencies broadening staff to include co-responders By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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The project, approved by the City Council in October 2021, began construction in May. Now, with the turf installed, workers are wrapping up fencing and an ADA-accessible sidewalk to the lower field.
New turf to expand park use
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The City of Milton is at the tail end of transforming two full-sized, multipurpose athletic fields on Cox Road into fully operating turf playing space. The project, approved by the City
Council in October 2021, began construction in May. Now, with the turf installed, the only tasks left are fencing work and an ADA-accessible sidewalk to the lower field. Hundreds of children and scores of adults are set to use these fields, Milton Parks and Recreation Director Tom McKlveen said.
Recently named Legacy Park, the 8-acre complex, will be used by the city’s program partners in girls and boys lacrosse, football and potentially cheerleading, baseball and potentially softball. The city also has an adult soccer program that operates out of
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ATLANTA — Meagan Wynn recently responded to a call from a witness, who saw a man expose himself in public. Wynn is a full-time licensed clinician who has been with the Dunwoody Police Department’s coresponder team since July. She’s responsible for behavioral health evaluations and crisis intervention. Wynn also authorizes transport to an emergency receiving facility. Rather than criminal charges, the call ended in an involuntary treatment for a person exhibiting symptoms posing an imminent threat to themselves or others. Dunwoody Police spokesman Michael Cheek said the department is familiar with the man from that call. He said officers have run into him
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