Everett Daily Herald, June 12, 2015

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Details emerge in shooting incident A Monroe man turned a gun on himself after being shot by a deputy in a May 26 incident, according to court records. By Rikki King

during a confrontation with a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy last month, according to newly released court records. Millard James Tallant III, 62,

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MONROE — A Monroe-area man shot himself in the head

also was hit in the chest by at least two bullets fired by deputy Dan Tenbrink. An autopsy was inconclusive as to which of the bullets caused Tallant’s May 26 death. The manner of his death — suicide or the result of a police shooting — remains under investigation.

Tallant lost his job last year and was going through a divorce, according to a search warrant filed recently in Snohomish County courts. He didn’t tell his family or wife of 18 years about being laid off, instead using $100,000 of his retirement to pay bills. He moved in with

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his sister in Pierce County after his wife found out about the drained accounts. Tallant was supposed to sign divorce papers late last month but instead showed up at his See SHOOTING, back page, this section

Material for play fields to be tested The new ballfield at the Everett Boys & Girls Club will be one six fields tested nationally for the safety of its crumb-rubber fill. By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer

EVERETT — The new artificial athletic field at the Everett Boys & Girls Club is one of six nationwide being tested for the safety of crumb-rubber fill — a product that has triggered increasing concern over a possible link to cancer. The fine-grained fill is used in artificial-turf fields and is made from ground-up tires. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, named for the famous Baltimore Orioles manager, helped pay for construction of the artificial-turf field here and at 41 other locations nationally. It will pay for testing the material from the six fields at an estimated cost of $15,000, said Chuck Brady, vice president of the Baltimore-based nonprofit. The Everett ball field is on the grounds of the Boys & Girls Club at 2316 12th St., near Hawthorne Elementary School. Installation of the artificial turf, paid for by the Ripken foundation, Everett Community College and Snohomish County Parks and Recreation, was completed in November. Other fields to be tested are in Baltimore, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Minneapolis, Newport News, Virginia, and Naples, Florida. The Ripken Foundation’s board decision to conduct the tests comes after national news

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Robin O’Loughan, a mental health technician at the Snohomish County Triage Center in Everett, walks through the main hallway Tuesday.

A new law will make it legal for paramedics and firefighters to transport people in mental health crisis to the county’s triage center Herald Writer

EVERETT — Tucked around the back of the large Compass Health building on Broadway is a door that leads to respite. Inside are clean beds, hot meals, a place to wash clothes and medical and mental health services. An exam room staffed by nurses around the clock is painted a pale lavender. Five or so comfortable recliners are ready for anyone who needs a few hours just to relax. There also are small dormitory-style bedrooms for those who need to stay longer. Drawings and collages line the

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halls and paper flowers brighten the dining room. The other day a young man watched television while a woman wrapped in a blanket worked on a puzzle. Down the hall a patient in blue scrubs met with a nurse. Last year, more than 1,200 people suffering from a mental health crisis were admitted to the Snohomish County Triage Center. Since it opened in 2011 the center has seen a more than 20 percent increase in referrals. New legislation passed this year could make it easier for firstresponders to get people there. Eventually the law will allow private ambulances and public

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emergency medical services to directly transport patients to the center. As the law stands now, paramedics are only allowed to take someone to an emergency room, even if they believe a triage center is more appropriate. The county facility was opened as an alternative to jail or emergency rooms for people in crisis. Some clients arrive in the back of a police car while others are sent there from the hospital in a cabulance. Staff work to stabilize people and then help them navigate community resources to get services once they leave. The triage can be a soft place

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to land for someone who in the past would have been dropped off at the county jail or shuffled in and out of an emergency room or left to find their own way once released from Western State Hospital. “This is the ‘someplace else,’ ” said Chris Starets-Foote, director of inpatient and residential services for Compass Health. The center is a joining of forces between Snohomish County and the North Sound Mental Health Administration, which contract with Compass Health to run and See TRIAGE, back page, this section

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