YORK COUNTY, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – York County is one of the first counties in South Carolina to take part in a pilot program, allowing mental health patients to be transported with dignity.
Typically law enforcement officers have to transport the person experiencing a mental health breakdown, place them in the back of a patrol car and take them to a facility.
Many pointing out that treats them as if they were a criminal.
York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson says that had to change and after teaming up with a state representative the pilot program is now underway.
In the video above, CN2’s Renee O’Neil learns more about this program that is working to break the stigma.
