Walton County FL - When news of the arrest of Terri White (The Oklahoma Commissioner of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services) hit the media circuit, White went into 'damage control' mode. She made several statements to select media outlets and provided a narrative of her interstate advocacy of her department's Crisis Intervention Training. This was a weak effort to deflect from her own gross failure to put her own CIT training into practice. We have no indication from law enforcement that there was any intoxication involved in this incident. Only Terri White's vague implication that her brother was drunk. Here is the officer's report. Now, for any family dealing with a drug-abusing member, it is very difficult to continue suffering the pain that their personal behavior inflicts on the whole family... especially when special family events are forever ruined. Having said that, it's still very disappointing that White did not own up to her own dangerous behavior. And for the Walton County Sheriff's Dept. It was completely unacceptable that she would seek to embarrass Sheriff Adkinson's department. I know this is not how White wants her department to be a convenient scapegoat.
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