PoliceOne.com (10/22/17)
America is in the midst of an opioid crisis, and police officers are on the front line of the epidemic. Agencies are increasingly outfitting their officers with the overdose reversal drug naloxone, but that's only half the battle. Naloxone saves lives, but it doesn't stop addiction. At the 124th International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, three panelists outlined the importance of pre-arrest diversion programs.
Participants: Jac Charlier, National Director for Justice Initiatives, Center for Health and Justice at TASC; Eric Guenther, Chief of Police, Mundelein (Ill.) Police Department; John Tharp, Sheriff, Lucas County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office.
Charlier highlighted five pre-arrest diversion frameworks designed to maximize the pathways to treatment.
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