(Indianapolis, IN) - A La Porte County sheriff’s deputy has been recognized for her work in Indianapolis.
Micah Dokmanovic received the First Responder Advocate for Mental Health Justice Award during the 22nd annual NAMI Indiana Mental Health and Criminal Justice Summit in Indianapolis earlier this month.
During the La Porte County Sheriff Merit Commission meeting last week, Sheriff Ron Heeg credited her and Sgt. James Lear for their work on the new Crisis Interventional Training program.
She and Lear are coordinators for the program offering mental health treatment as the first option in many cases.
“It teaches the officers how to differently handle individuals who are having some mental health episodes versus bringing them to jail,” he said.
Dokmanovic has been with the sheriff’s office for about four years working the afternoon patrol shift.
