O2SL & QRT National will be presenting on the QRT Response model and participate in a panel with representatives from approximately 18 states to discuss “Deflection” efforts in the state of West Virginia and across the United States from June 5 – 7, 2023.
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O2SL and QRT National Trains West Virginia Police on the Impacts of Trauma
Operation 2 Save Lives & QRT National instructors spent Monday and Tuesday of this week training law enforcement partners in several counties in West Virginia, educating seventy law enforcement responders on the impact of trauma on their service to the community. O2SL and QRT National’s Trauma-Informed Care Training expert, Edward Jacoubs, and Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, spent the past two days with leaders and officers from nine police departments alongside partner Beth Bailey, Project Director of the Rural Health Opioid Program, Community Connections, Inc., based in Princeton, West Virginia. Director Bailey oversees the Quick Response Teams (QRT) in this region, made up of law enforcement professionals and mental health and recovery community professionals in Mercer, McDowell, and Wyoming counties. Jacoubs, M.S.W., who has the past 42 years of experience in the juvenile justice and forensic mental health field, led the two-day training alongside Director of Operations Meloy, working with
O2SL and QRT National Team Prepare for August 9th and 10th Training With West Virginia Partners
On August 9th and 10th, O2SL and QRT National’s Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, along with our trauma-informed response subject matter expert, Edward Jacoubs (MSW), will be training law enforcement partners from the Pineville and Princeton, West Virginia regions. Retired Chief Meloy and Beth Bailey, Project Director of the Rural Health Opioid Program, from Community Connections, Inc., continue to collaborate to provide opportunities to share best practices and educate Quick Response Teams and law enforcement responders, including this upcoming training about the impact of trauma on law enforcement’s service to the community. Learning About the Impact of Trauma Trauma’s impact on those that they serve in the community but also the impact of trauma on first responders themselves. O2SL and QRT National’s team of subject matter experts focus on supporting pre-arrest diversion, deflection, while understanding the impact of trauma on those that they serve, as well as the impacts of