Law enforcement officers have an extremely stressful job, one which results in unusually high divorce, suicide, spousal abuse and illness rates.

Community Outreach Ministries (COM) has been given an open door to minister to the needs of 250 Williamson County Sheriff's Office (W.C.S.O.) employees and their families. We believe that God has something to offer these servants of our community.

COM provides W.C.S.O. with the following:

• Pastoral counseling
• Specialized training in a variety of areas
• Daily moral support
• On-call response and support during critical incidents
• Oversight of all ministry done in the W.C.S.O. jail including:
• Certification of over 140 ministers per year
• Screening of people desirous of ministering in the jail
• Scheduling of all services and individual ministry done in the jail
• Delivery of death notifications

Chaplain Services

While the stresses of law enforcement cannot be eliminated, they can be recognized and reduced through an effective Chaplain's program.

Corky French serves as the W.C.S.O.'s volunteer chaplain. In his role Corky provides countless services to the employees and their families including:

• Pastoral counseling to the over 250 W.C.S.O. employees and their families – topics have included:
• Parenting
• Marriage
• Illness
• Abortion
• Finances
• Legal issues
• Depression
• Alcoholism
• Spiritual issues
• Training and education services for employees and their families
• Support for all employees and their families with emotional, spiritual and physical needs
• Training for new officers as to the potential dangers of the law enforcement culture
• Referral to qualified counselors and therapists, when needed

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