KENTUCKY COPS JOINING NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO STEER ADDICTS INTO TREATMENT The philosophy behind Jeffersontown's Angel Program – that treating people with drug addictions is better than punishing them – is catching on in many places across the nation. The police department in Gloucester, Massachusetts, launched the first program of its kind in 2015. Today, a nonprofit offshoot, the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative, claims 280 member law enforcement agencies in dozens of states that either support the group’s mission or have Angel Programs of their own.
“PROGRAMS LIKE J-TOWN’S MIGHT GIVE POLICE ANOTHER TOOL AT COMBATING THE OPIOID PROBLEM.” -James Pendergraff executive director of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
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