Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Reunification program brings families together

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Christian Dekker addresses Temecula City Council during an Tuesday, April 26, meeting. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Temecula police are working to safely bring families back together, including those with special needs should they go missing.Created by Craig Roberts and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Christian Dekker, the program is a partnership between the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the special needs community that helps sheriffs reunite those with special needs in the community with their loved ones should they become missing.“Sheriff Chad Bianco wanted us to create a program to help our special needs community, so a committee was formed with multiple disciplines within our department and community members,” Dekker explained in a prerecorded video played during a recent Temecula City Council meeting.Once the committee was formed, it researched what other
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