ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — The CARE team in Tompkins County has grown. 

Sheriff Derek Osborne tells WHCU his office has added a second team under the Crisis Alternative Response and Engagement name.

A Rochester professor is helping.

Osborne adds both CARE teams are working weekdays, with the second team working later hours. 

FULL INTERVIEW: Sheriff Derek Osborne on Ithaca’s Morning News