“It’s not the major events that affect you; it’s the years and years chipping away, dealing with death, dealing with everyone’s worst days.”
Last year, Gov. Mike Dewine awarded the Medina County Sheriff’s Office $36,500 for annual clinician-officer wellness sessions and consultations to assess individual wellness, and the funds have been put to good use.
“When you first start in this business, you’re the rough and tough; nothing affects you, nothing bothers you,” he said. “I went to the sheriff when he first took office and said, ‘Look, we aren’t taking care of our young people of the officers that are coming in here,’” he said. The check-ins are an hour-long, one-on-one session and are for everyone in the department, not just the deputies.
The grant is only for two years, but Byrne said they’re determined to find ways to carry on mental health check-ins after those two years are up.
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