Presentation slides that provide an overview of strategies law enforcement and first responders can adopt in collaboration with community organizations to create pre-arrest diversion options for individuals with substance use disorder or mental health conditions. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice & Corrections
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program Video
A 12 minute video that explains the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program through a conversation with a client, police officer and case management. The LEAD program seeks to provide a pre-diversion program that treats addiction as a public health issue rather than seeking arrest and court involvement. Continue reading
Police Treatment and Community Collaborative
Website for the Police Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC), an alliance of individuals working in law enforcement, behavioral health, community, advocacy, research and public policy whose mission is to enhance pre-arrest diversion pathways to treatment and social services. Continue reading
Quick Response Team: Lives on the Line
A 2 and a half minute video about how the Cabell-County-Huntington, West Virginia Quick Response Team works to engage community members with substance use disorders in treatment.
Funding Source: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
LEAD National Support Bureau
Website for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, a community-based diversion program intended to improve public safety while reducing unnecessary incarceration and justice system involvement for low-level offenders. LEAD also has a goal to fund sustainable and effective Continue reading
Strategy 3: Collaborating to Create Safer Communities
The website for Strategy 3 of the Arizona Rethink Rx Abuse public health campaign initiative. Strategy 3 focuses on creating safer communities by collaborating with law enforcement.
Funding Source: Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family
Evaluation of Needlestick Injuries and Other Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens Among Officers in a City Police Department
This 2016 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Hazard Evaluation Program looked at needle-stick injuries (NSIs) and exposure to bloodborne pathogens among law enforcement officers in a City of Ohio. The report compiles information about NSIs and blood exposure events experienced by law enforcement officers in the city Continue reading
Attitudes of North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Toward Syringe Decriminalization
North Carolina researchers surveyed 350 North Carolina law enforcement officers about their experiences with needle-stick injuries (NSI), their perception of the risk of infection of HIV or hepatitis from a NSI, and their attitudes toward decriminalization of syringe exchange and distribution programs. Survey results showed that law enforcement officers Continue reading
Fentanyl: Safety Recommendations for First Responders
This one page document lists safety recommendations for first responders who may encounter fentanyl in their work. Produced by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in collaboration with federal agencies and professional associations.
Funding source: White House Office National Drug Control Policy
Huntington Quick Response Team Brochure
This 2018 brochure describes the Huntington, West Virginia opioid overdose Quick Response Team (QRT). The QRT responds to opioid overdoses in the community within 24 to 72 hours by attempting to contact the individual in the community and provide an opportunity for substance use Continue reading