HARRISBURG, April 12 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, praised the passage of H.B. 176, the first bill in the country to establish a framework for a statewide grant program to promote police-assisted addiction recovery programs. The bill now heads to the state Senate, where Frankel hopes it will be taken up quickly.
Archives for April 2016
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Provides Support to Safe Passage Initiative
DIXON, Ill. — The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is providing critical support and backing to the Safe Passage Initiative. This program allows heroin addicts to go to the police or sheriff’s department, turn over their drugs and drug equipment and not fear being arrested. Instead, the person is placed directly to treatment.
Chief Leonard Campanello and Chief Frederick Ryan Speak During Boston University’s Dean’s Seminar Series
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan, board members of P.A.A.R.I., were guests on Boston University’s Dean’s Seminar Series on Contemporary Issues in Public Health: Why Cops Are Sending People with Addiction to Treatment Instead of Jail, last month. The two chiefs began revolutionary police assisted recovery programs in their respective communities last […]
Satori Waters Joins as P.A.A.R.I. Partner to Offer Addiction Recovery Services to Participants
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and John Rosenthal, co-founders of The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), are pleased to announce that Satori Waters Treatment Center has partnered with P.A.A.R.I. to offer addiction recovery services to participants in the program.
Recovery in the Light Joins as P.A.A.R.I. Partner to Offer Treatment Services to Participants
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and John Rosenthal, co-founders of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), are pleased to announce that Recovery in the Light has joined the growing list of treatment centers that have partnered with P.A.A.R.I. to offer addiction recovery services to participants.
Scarborough Operation HOPE Reports 91.2% Of Participants Remain in Recovery
The following was posted to the Scarborough, Maine Police Facebook page today: Niki at Portland Recovery Community Center has been doing follow up calls to Operation HOPE participants from last October through January. She has been getting very positive feedback so far. This is the message we just got from her…. “As of this morning, […]