Crow Wing County Sheriff Scott Goddard Sounds Alarm on Mental Health

(BRAINERD, MN) — The Crow Wing County Board held its second regular meeting of the month of January on Tuesday…

The board heard a report from Sheriff Scott Goddard, who brought some alarming facts and trends regarding mental health calls to the Sheriff’s office in recent years…

Commissioner Steve Barrows and Sheriff Goddard expressed confidence in the fact that the trends would continue for the foreseeable future, barring state action to reverse or correct policies enacted in the late 1990s/early 2000s that slashed funding to treatment centers…

The full Crow Wing County Board meeting from January 25 can be viewed here.