Helping Hands
Georgetown PD using social workers, victims advocates to benefit community
In this episode of the Bluegrass Beat, Georgetown’s Lt. Mitch Lair talks about the use of social workers and victim advocates with law enforcement agencies, the benefits, pitfalls and ways to bring this valuable service to your own agency.
About Our Guest
Lt. Mitch Lair, Georgetown Police Department
Mitch Lair began his law enforcement career when he joined the United States Army Military Police Corp. and graduated from the Military Police Academy in 2008. He then attended Western Kentucky University and graduated with a degree in history and sociology. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 for Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2015, Lair joined the Georgetown Police Department and graduated from the Department of Criminal Justice Training academy as class leader. He served as a community relations officer from 2017 until his promotion to sergeant in 2019. He led the second shift patrol before taking over duties as the administrative sergeant and then was promoted to his current rank of lieutenant in August 2021. Lair graduated from DOCJT’s Academy of Police Supervision in 2022 and the Criminal Justice Executive Development course in 2024. He is involved with honor guard, traffic reconstruction, hostage negotiations, defensive tactics and the training unit. Lair is the department's Special Operations lieutenant
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