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`About Us - PAARI
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`About Us
`The Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI) provides support and
`resources to help law enforcement agencies nationwide create non-arrest pathways to
`treatment and recovery.
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`Recognizing that law enforcement has a front row seat to the opioid epidemic and are in a
`unique position to prevent overdose deaths, in June 2015 the Gloucester Police
`Department launched the Angel Program, which created a simple, stigma-free entry point
`to treatment on demand and reframed addiction as a disease, not a crime. PAARI was
`founded as a nonprofit alongside the Angel Program to help law enforcement agencies
`create non-arrest programs that prevent and reduce overdose deaths and expand access
`to treatment and recovery.
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`Now a national network of more than 400 police departments in 32 states, PAARI primarily
`supports non-arrest, or early diversion, program models that reach people before they
`enter the criminal justice system. Programs are customized based on the community and
`can utilize multiple law enforcement entry points to treatment, including self-referrals to the
`station and risk or incident-based outreach. Cross-sector collaboration and partnerships
`are vital to these programs and they are often supported by clinicians, social workers,
`recovery coaches, and/or trained volunteers.
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`Any law enforcement or public safety agency that creates non-arrest pathways to
`treatment can join PAARI free of cost to access resources such as technical assistance,
`coaching, program templates and tools, seed grants, convenings, connections to treatment
`providers, a network of like-minded law enforcement agencies, and capacity building and
`recovery coaches through AmeriCorps. To join or request more information and support,
`please complete the online form.
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`Our Mission
`To provide critical support, such as technical assistance, models, seed grants,
`Recovery Coaches, convenings, and other resources to law enforcement agencies to
`create and sustain programs that establish a non-arrest pathways to treatment and
`recovery
`To foster a dialogue about the unique position of law enforcement to address the
`opioid crisis, remove stigma, and reframe the conversation about addiction as a
`disease not a crime
`To educate lawmakers and influence state and national policy around treatment
`access
`To remove barriers to treatment on demand, including connections to treatment
`scholarships
`To build a law enforcement movement and network of like-minded law enforcement
`agencies that help people take their first steps on the path to treatment and recovery
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`Our Story
`For decades, municipal police officers have been on the front lines of the war on drugs.
`Until now, they have been solely called upon to attempt to disrupt an ever-increasing
`supply chain. That meant police officers often found themselves arresting drug addicts as
`much, if not more so, than drug dealers and traffickers. In most cases, the addicts were
`only guilty of possessing an illegal, life-ruining substance and they faced arrest,
`prosecution and prison terms. In the meantime, heroin and opioid addiction has become a
`severe public health concern in the United States, destroying and often ending lives.
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`In 2015, Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello developed a
`revolutionary new way to fight the war on drugs by doing something about the demand, not
`just the supply. Under his plan, drug addicts who ask the police department for help will be
`immediately taken to a hospital and placed in a recovery program. No arrest. No jail.
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`The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative is a nonprofit organization whose
`mission is to support the Gloucester Police addiction initiatives, to aid other police
`departments to implement similar programs, and to foster a dialogue around the unique
`opportunity for police departments to take direct action against the disease of drug
`addiction in their communities. Working in conjunction with the medical community and
`science-based recovery programs, police departments can make a difference in their
`communities by saving lives from drug overdoses, reducing the number of drug addicts
`and opioid drug demand, thereby devaluing a seemingly endless drug supply.
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`We also work to remove the stigma associated with drug addiction, turning the
`conversation toward the disease of addiction rather than the crime of addiction. We work
`directly with treatment centers to secure scholarships and fully-funded in-patient programs
`for addicts while working with police departments, pharmacies, and families to put nasal
`Narcan into as many hands as possible, recognizing that while it is not a panacea, Narcan
`can save the life of an overdose patient and give that person another opportunity to get
`into treatment and fight their disease.
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`https://paariusa.org/about-us/
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