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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.

Article by Mindy Schmidt / Blog / addiction, addiction recovery initiative, grant programa, Pennsylvania, recovery

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.

Article by / Press Releases / dixon, Dixon Police Department, Illinois, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, Safe Passage Initiative

April 8, 2016

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 […]

Article by paaried / Blog, Media Coverage

April 8, 2016

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.

Article by paaried / Press Releases / addiction, opioids, PAARI, police assisted addiction recovery, satori waters, treatment center, treatment partner

April 7, 2016

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.

Article by paaried / Press Releases / PAARI, paari partner, partner, police assisted addiction recovery, recovery in the light, treatment center, treatment partner

April 6, 2016

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, […]

Article by Mindy Schmidt / Blog

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