The Greenville County Sheriff's Office and the Greenville Police Department today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Upstate Warrior Solution.
Chief Howie Thompson with the GPD, Sheriff Hobart Lewis with the GCSO and Upstate Warrior Solution Board Chair Major General Mastin Robeson (Retired) all signed the memorandum.
Chief Howie Thompson with the GPD, Upstate Warrior Solution Board Chair Major General Mastin Robeson (Retired), and Sheriff Hobart Lewis with the GCSOEmily Gill
According to a release, Upstate Warrior Solution will serve as a referral resource providing housing, employment, healthcare, education, and other services to our military affiliated community members and first responders. The release further said the plan is that this partnership will provide a resource to at-risk and Justice Involved Veterans in Greenville County for the purpose of reducing recidivism and preventing arrests.
"On the law enforcement side, the Sheriff's Office and the police department, we want to do intervention and prevention and through groups like Upstate Warrior Solution we're able to do that," Thompson said.
