Overview
- The RESET Center, which opens Monday, will take people detained for public intoxication to sober up as an alternative to jail or an emergency room.
- It will run 24/7 at 444 Sixth St. under Sheriff’s Office oversight with health services from Connections Health Solutions, accept only law‑enforcement drop‑offs, and focus on District 6 in a two‑year pilot.
- City leaders offered conflicting accounts on whether people are arrested or free to leave, with the sheriff saying they must stay four to eight hours and his chief attorney saying they can walk out after intake.
- A City Attorney memo warns a court could label the site a detention facility that must meet standards for medical care and food, a classification sheriff’s officials reject.
- People who accept placement will not be charged and can get nursing care and referrals, but access to on‑site addiction medications like buprenorphine is uncertain and those who refuse will be taken to jail.