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New program offers mental health training for McHenry County first responders

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Barrington Hills police Sgt. David Kann (from left) Oakwood Hills police Sgt. Brnie Searcy (cq), Barrington police officer Jennifer Whitcher and Fox River Grove Fire department chaplain Gerry Schalk, draw a description of a person with mental health symptoms. The first responders were participating in mental health training session at the Cary Fire station. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Barrington Hills police Sgt. David Kann (from left) Oakwood Hills police Sgt. Brnie Searcy (cq), Barrington police officer Jennifer Whitcher and Fox River Grove Fire department chaplain Gerry Schalk, draw a description of a person with mental health symptoms. The first responders were participating in mental health training session at the Cary Fire station. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Cary police Deputy Chief of Field Operations Scott Naydenoff and a mental health first aid instructor describes a mental health senarrio on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 during training session at the Cary Fire station. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com A workbook used on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 during a mental health training session lead by Cary police Deputy Chief of Field Operations Scott Naydenoff and a Mental Health First Aid and Samaritan Counseling Center counselor Kerry Dueholm in Cary. (H. Rick Bamman)