Sheriff's office reports 63 in jail; county mental health officer logs 93 crisis calls for Q1

Chief Rios delivered the Sheriff’s Office report to the Burleson County Commissioners Court on Feb. 26, saying the county jail held 63 individuals — 55 males and 8 females — and that one position in CID remained to be filled. Rios said deputies are fully staffed and jailer positions are approaching full staffing levels, with some jailers beginning academy training; dispatch staffing was described as nearly full.

Shawn Edwards, Burleson County’s Mental Health Officer, presented the Quarter 1 (Oct. 1–Dec. 31, 2023) Crisis Intervention Report, stating there were 93 mental-health/crisis calls for service during that period. Edwards said nine people have graduated anger-management programming since Jan. 1, 2023, and that eight people took classes from a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, with three on track to graduate from LCDC next month. He announced a Mental Health Workshop scheduled for June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the venue was not specified in the meeting minutes.

These reports were presented as part of routine department updates and no formal action was required from the court at the meeting. The mental-health statistics and workshop date will inform ongoing county planning for behavioral-health response and training.