PAARI

April 25, 2016

Jeffersontown, Ky. Police Department Joins P.A.A.R.I. To Launch Addiction Recovery Initiative in August

JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. – Mayor Bill Dieruf and Police Chief Ken Hatmaker announces that the Jeffersontown Police Department will partner with the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) to create and launch an addiction outreach and recovery program.

April 25, 2016

P.A.A.R.I. Adds Three New Treatment Partners in Florida and New Hampshire, Treatment Centers Owned by Former Police Officer

NEWTON — Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal, co-founders of The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), are pleased to announce that P.A.A.R.I. has added three new treatment partners in Florida and New Hampshire, all owned by former Delray Beach, Fla. Police Officer Michael Brown.

April 22, 2016

White House to Honor Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello as “Champion of Change”

GLOUCESTER — Police Chief Leonard Campanello, who last year launched the revolutionary ANGEL Initiative to combat drug addiction, will be recognized by the administration of President Barack Obama at a ceremony at the White House next week.

April 19, 2016

MassINC Creates Video about Essex Sheriff’s 28-Day Detox Unit

This video follows the creation of the Essex County 28-day detox unit. The unit is filling a large treatment void in the community. In the first 90 days, 132 people have been admitted to the facility. The vast majority successfully completed the 28 days and went on to residential treatment or intensive outpatient programs. […]

April 19, 2016

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes Bill to Promote Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Programs

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.

April 11, 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.