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PAARI 2025 News:
April 11, 2025– Angel Program continues to help to get addicts to treatment (Read here)
Daily Press
April 8, 2025– Healing a community takes a village of specialized forces: recognizing Criminal Justice Day with awareness program (Read here)
The Batavian
April 7, 2025– How the Michigan State Police Angel Program brings support to citizens with substance abuse disorder (Read here)
Impact WDBM-FM
March 26, 2025– Community navigator honored by PAARI (Read here)
Gloucester Daily Times
March 1, 2025– Grand Strand police chief receives law enforcement award (Read here)
WMBF News
January 30, 2025– Burrillville Police Chief Lynch joins RI Criminal Justice Hall of Fame (Read here)
NRI Now
January 23, 2025– News and community highlights from around the South Carolina Lowcountry (Read here)
Bluffton Today
PAARI 2024 News:
December 19, 2024– Belfast police partnering with Volunteers of America to expand addiction treatment in the area (Read here)
FOX 22 – Bangor
September 6, 2024– Serving vulnerable populations: Hope emerges in the Wisconsin Deflection Initiative (Read here)
Police1
May 5, 2024– What is ‘tranq’ and why do police carry wound care kits because of it? (Read here)
MassLive.com
March 13, 2024– FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose (Read here)
WhiteHouse.gov
February 4, 2024– ‘It’s inexcusable’: As overdose deaths mount, millions in opioid settlement funds go unspent in Massachusetts (Read here)
Boston Globe
PAARI 2023 News:
December, 2023– A Recovery-Oriented Model for Community Policing (Read here)
Police Chief Magazine
December 12, 2023– Schenectady PD, County Office of Community Services heading to Congress (Read here)
News 10 ABC
December 12, 2023– Schenectady police to speak in front of Congressional Caucus on addiction in Washington (Read here)
Daily Gazette
December 10, 2023– PAARI: Police helping, not arresting, drug users and their families (Read here)
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly
October 26, 2023– Pilot program aimed at lowering responses from Bloomington officers to mental health calls (Read here)
KSTP – TV
October 24, 2023– West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute Receives $478,000 Grant from ARC (Read here)
West Virginia Executive
October 17, 2023– Nueces County Opioid Task force trying to combat overdose issue (Read here)
KRIS-TV
October 11, 2023– Police Diversion Programs Work. Here’s Why (Read here)
Yes Magazine
September 30, 2023– How to fight the fight against the ever-growing fentanyl crisis (Read here)
The Dallas Morning News
September 14, 2023– Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction – new research into police diversion program shows (Read here)
The Conversation
September 13, 2023– ARC funding to go toward jobs for recovering drug users in West Virginia (Read here)
UV Metro News
August 31, 2023– Idaho Falls launches new opioid response plan (Read here)
KIFI – TV
August 11, 2023– Pause in Purdue settlement provokes mixed emotions (Read here)
Boston Globe
July 20, 2023– States stiffen penalties for fentanyl, despite public health concerns (Read here)
Stateline
July 5, 2023– Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives (Read here)
NPR
June 20, 2023– Schenectady’s pilot ‘Outreach Hub’ aims to transform policing, lower crime rates (Read here)
Times Union
June 8, 2023– Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under ’70s-era war on drugs law (Read here)
AP News
May 15, 2023– Worcester among Mass. cities to receive opioid settlement funds for recovery services (Read here)
Telegram & Gazette
April 27, 2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)
Patch
April 21, 2023– Drug overdose deaths are rising in Nueces County. Here’s what county officials are doing. (Read here)
Corpus Christi Caller Times
April 19, 2023– More than 16,000 fatal opioid overdoses in Mass. since 2012. What’s the solution? (Read here)
Milford Daily News
March 8, 2023– 50th Recovery Assistance Program scholarship awarded in Shakopee (Read here)
SW News Media
March 7, 2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)
WABI-TV
February 26,2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)
News Center Maine
February 24,2023– Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate joins national public safety council (Read here)
SW News Media
February 15,2023– Scarborough’s Operation HOPE hopes for regional return (Read here)
The Portland Press Herald
February 9,2023– These laws could curb fentanyl deaths. Why won’t Kansas lawmakers enact them? (Read here)
The Kansas City Beacon
February 2,2023– New Washoe County program fights the opioid epidemic (Read here)
KOLO-TV
PAARI 2022 News:
December 21,2022– Public safety, peer advocates come together to help others through PAARI program (Read here)
The Batavian
December 21,2022– Public safety, peer advocates come together to help others through PAARI program (Read here)
The Batavian
September 17,2022– Recovering addicts work to help others in ‘Project Recover’ (Read here)
WHTM – TV
August 28,2022– Bring a memento of a loved one for New Bedford’s “Overdose Awareness Day” (Read here)
New Bedford Guide
July 14,2022– Schenectady County designated a federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (Read here)
The Daily Gazette
June 8,2022– New ‘recovery warriors’ to help others battle addiction (Read here)
Gloucester Daily Times
May 25,2022– WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy Receives Broad Support from Public Health, (Read here)
WhiteHouse.gov
January 14,2022– Navigating Hope and Hope One make ‘huge impact’ (Read here)
NJ.com
PAARI 2021 News:
December 29,2021– MAYOR SEFATIA ROMEO THEKEN REFLECTS ON CITY’S PROGRESS AS TERM AS GLOUCESTER’S LEADER NEARS END (Read here)
Good Morning Gloucester
December 4,2021– The Grace Center celebrates 10 years of living up to its name (Read here)
Gloucester Daily Times
October 25,2021– Surge in drug overdose deaths prompts new response strategies (Read here)
New York Post
October 23,2021– Massachusetts State Police host Drug Take Back Day at Holden barracks (Read here)
Spectrum News 1
October 2,2021– Progress amid the opioid epidemic: New Fall River fire station program seeing results (Read here)
The Herald News
September 15,2021– Schenectady Cares programs next phase (Read here)
News 10 ABC
August 30,2021– Michigan State Police looking for ‘angel volunteers’ to help those struggling with addiction (Read here)
Michigan Live
July 15,2021– South Portland police hope to spread awareness about Narcan, fentanyl test strips (Read here)
WGME
July 13,2021– Video: Kickoff of PAARI program in Batavia featuring keynote speaker Allie Hunter (Read here)
The Batavian
May 6,2021– Rules on opioid treatment relaxed (Read here)
Salem News
April 15,2021– Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses (Read here)
The Times Record
April 8,2021– Maine police using fentanyl tests to curb opioid epidemic (Read here)
The Associated Press
April 2,2021– Newburyport police, Pettengill House aim to reduce fentanyl overdoses (Read here)
The Daily News Newburyport
March 16,2021– Police departments to distribute fentanyl test strips to fight overdose (Read here)
KATU – TV
March 12,2021– Madison Police Department Set to Participate in the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative: Department Becomes 19 Agency to Do So (Read here)
TAPInto
January 5,2021– GP police initiative asks addicts to come in, seek treatment (Read here)
NBC 52
PAARI 2020 News:
October 28,2020– Chatham police chief remains on leave during investigation (Read here)
Times Union
September 15,2020– Netcong Police complete training to be an assisted addiction and recovery initiative location (Read here)
WRNJ Radio
August 3,2020– Genesee County police agencies, City of Batavia FD join nationwide addiction and recovery initiative (Read here)
The Batavian
June 16,2020– Hudson mayor orders police reforms (Read here)
Hudson Valley 360
April 4,2020– Eleven Mass. police departments distribute fentanyl test kits to drug users (Read here)
The Boston Globe
April 3,2020– Genesee County police agencies, City of Batavia FD join nationwide addiction and recovery initiative (Read here)
The Batavian
February 25,2020– Bucyrus Police Department’s Operation Hope Provides Life-Changing Impact To Addicts (Read here)
WMFD
February 3,2020– Local law enforcement on board with opioid-recovery program, hope to help rather than incarcerate (Read here)
Sierra Vista Herald
PAARI 2019 News:
November 19,2019– Enfield seeing a fatal overdose each month, police captain says (Read here)
Journal Inquirer
October 14,2019– 13 have sought help through new Schenectady police-coordinated drug program, department says (Read here)
The Daily Gazette
September 17,2019– Who Are Ohio’s Anti-Heroin Vigilantes Helping? (Read here)
Rolling Stone
August 9,2019– Angel volunteers needed (Read here)
Daily Reporter
June 26,2019– New Bedford Police Department receives grant from P.A.A.R.I. to bring on full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Members (Read here)
New Bedford Guide
June 20,2019– Police departments rethink approach to battling addiction crisis (Read here)
Fox News
June 7,2019– Everett launching new addiction assistance program as fentanyl cases spike (Read here)
KOMO News
June 6,2019– Holyoke police receive grant to help fight, prevent opioid addiction (Read here)
MassLive
April 18,2019– Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative launches on Tuesday, more help for those who are struggling (Read here)
The Batavian
April 5,2019– Berkley & Stewart Team Up With Filmmaker Ron Davis To Tackle The Opioid Crisis (Read here)
TAPinto
April 4,2019– Morris County Sheriff’s Office Launches Hope-One PAARI Program (Read here)
TAPinto
April 3,2019– Going… Going… Gannon (Read here)
Insider NJ
April 3,2019– Morris County Sheriff’s Office launches opioid recovery initiative (Read here)
Morristown Daily Record
February 7,2019– PAARI leaders to visit White House on Thursday (Read here)
Salem News
February 6,2019– Bay State cops to meet in D.C. with Pence on opioid crisis (Read here)
Boston Herald
February 6,2019– Solomon will travel to Washington to discuss opioid crisis (Read here)
Eagle Tribune
PAARI 2018 News:
December 12,2018– Arlington police Chief Fred Ryan to retire after 20 years in post (Read here)
Boston Herald
December 12,2018– Bucyrus police initiative tackles the opioid epidemic with ‘hope, not handcuffs’ (Read here)
Insider NJ
December 9,2018– ‘You can’t give up on people’ (Read here)
South Coast TODAY
December 2,2018– Wallkill PD joins Hope Not Handcuffs program (Read here)
Times Herald-Record
November 8,2018– Bay State cops to meet in D.C. with Pence on opioid crisis (Read here)
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
October 17,2018– Opioid Why PAARI? (Read here)
PBS North Carolina
October 16,2018– Opioid Crisis: Miami Police to Place Addicts in Rehab, Not Jail (Read here)
Newsweek
October 8,2018– Community rallies to give heroin addicts support (Read here)
News 5 Cleveland
August 24,2018– Overdose antidote naloxone belongs in the hands of first (Read here)
The Seattle Times
August 16,2018– Grant aids police-assisted addiction recovery (Read here)
Lowell Sun
July 22,2018– Go deeper: How local police are battling the opioid epidemic (Read here)
Axios
July 13,2018– Offering a hand up instead of handcuffs (Read here)
Mail Tribune
July 6,2018– As fatal overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)
Arizona Daily Star
June 26,2018– PAARI to recognize leaders in fight against opioid crisis (Read here)
Salem News
June 6,2018– Griffith police see progress with addiction assistance program (Read here)
Chicago Tribune
June 2,2018– ‘The Police Aren’t Just Getting You In Trouble. They Actually Care.’ (Read here)
Politico
May 23,2018– Boulder triathlete to speak about past addiction in (Read here)
Longmont Times Call
May 23,2018– Chief sounds alarm on opioid deaths (Read here)
Lowell Sun
April 28,2018– How a police force tackled the meth crisis by pairing addicts with ‘angels’ (Read here)
CBC
April 5,2018– We want to safe lives:’ Seattle Police expanding Naloxone program to fight opioid crisis (Read here)
KOMO News
April 5,2018– More opioid overdose kits in hands of Seattle Police officers (Read here)
Seattle KING 5
March 1,2018– 270 addicts have gotten help instead of handcuffs through Anaheim program (Read here)
The Orange County Register
January 24,2018– Danvers police to partner with PAARI (Read here)
The Salem News
January 17,2018– Baker makes pitch for latest bill targeting opioid addiction (Read here)
Lowell Sun
PAARI 2017 News:
December 18,2017– Michigan State Police offers drug treatment instead of arrest (Read here)
M Live
December 18,2017– Drug addiction treatment available at all Michigan State Police posts (Read here)
WNDU
November 1,2017– Methuen Police Department Receives AmeriCorps Grant to Fight Opioid Crisis (Read here)
WHAV
October 28,2017– New England Serves: Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)
NBC Boston
October 26,2017– Officials from Massachusetts Opioid Initiative Travel to White House for Announcement (Read here)
Boston Magazine
October 26,2017– Burlington police join recovery initiative, earn AmeriCorps grant (Read here)
Wicked Locak
October 24,2017– State of Addiction: Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)
WCVB – TV
October 8,2017– Community rallies to give heroin addicts support (Read here)
News 5 Cleveland
September 30,2017– Overdose antidote naloxone belongs in the hands of first (Read here)
The New York Times
September 21,2017– Grant aids police-assisted addiction recovery (Read here)
Boston 25 News
September 20,2017– Go deeper: How local police are battling the opioid epidemic (Read here)
Lexington Herald-Leader
September 1,2017– Offering a hand up instead of handcuffs (Read here)
WBUR
July 25,2017– State police need volunteers for Angel Program (Read here)
Livingston Daily
July 24,2017– As opioid overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)
CBS News
July 24,2017– As fatal overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)
The Seattle Times
June 29,2017– Trump drug czar on addiction: We’re committed (Read here)
Gloucester Times
June 25,2017– Waterville police program aimed at recovery part of shift to community policing (Read here)
Kennebec Journal
June 9,2017– Everett creatively address drug problem (Read here)
King 5 News
May 25,2017– Hope dealer invites addicts to shed their old lives (Read here)
The Conway Daily Sun
April 14,2017– Woodstock Outreach Program offers help to addicts (Read here)
Hudson Valley One
March 10,2017– Dover’s ‘ANGEL’ initiative steers opioid users into treatment instead of jail (Read here)
Delaware Public Media
February 21,2017– Angel’ Opioid Initiative Thrives Despite Exit of Gloucester Police (Read here)
The Boston Globe
January 30,2017– Police look beyond arrests, helping addicts get help (VIDEO) (Read here)
The Lowell Sun
