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The most common phrase you will hear from law enforcement leadership across the country is, “We recognize we cannot arrest our way out of this problem.” We must provide our first responders and criminal justice system with the tools, resources, and support to ensure those fighting substance use disorder receive treatment and those profiting from their addiction and tragic deaths face harsh justice.&nbsp;Whether in the aftermath of an opioid overdose reversal or while transitioning in and out of incarceration, those battling addiction must be presented with the opportunity for treatment so they can begin their road to recovery.
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Brief Description
  
= Strengths of Pre-Arrest Diversion =
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<div>Pre-arrest Diversion programs&nbsp; provide law enforcement with an alternative to having to make arrests. Instead, as long as a person meets certain criteria, they can avoid a police record, stay out of the criminal justice system, and modify future behavior, all the while attempting to also uncrowd U.S. correctional facilities.</div> <div class="_" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif,arial,verdana,"><div class="mw-parser-output">
 
= Goal of Pre-Arrest Diversion =
 
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Depending on local community needs and behavioral health capacity, police diversion programs across the country have varying designs, but their goals are consistent:
 
  
*To continue to promote and enhance public safety while also responding more effectively to substance use and mental health problems <ref>http://www2.centerforhealthan djustice.org/content/project/police-deflection</ref>
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Write a few sentences offering some introductory background information on this topic. The information here should be what you would want a reader to know about this topic and why it is important. This section should be high-level enough to provide an overview of the issue and/or strategy for professionals who may not be subject matter experts or well-versed on this topic.
*'''<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:arial;color:#323232;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">To low-level offenses, pre- arrest diversion helps to reverse the tide of people with nonviolent offenses entering the justice system</span>'''<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthan djustice.org/content/project/police-deflection</ref>
 
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= Pre-Arrest Diversion Frameworks =
 
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The variety of operational characteristics of pre-arrest diversion programs creates nearly unlimited possibilities for the final program design, some common themes can be observed in deflection programs currently operating.<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref>
 
  
Naloxone Plus: Engagement with treatment occurs following&nbsp;
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= Key Information =
  
'and overdose response and crisis-level treatment is readily available. Examples: opiate response teams, STEER (MD)&nbsp;'<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref> &nbsp; Active Outreach: Participants are identified by law enforcement, but are engaged primarily by a treatment expert who actively contacts them and motivates them to engage in treatment. Example: Arlington Model (MA)&nbsp;&nbsp;'<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref>&nbsp; Self-Referral: Drug-involved individuals initiate engagement with law enforcement without fear of arrest, and an immediate treatment referral is made. Example: Angel (MA)&nbsp;&nbsp;'<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref>
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<u>Officer Prevention Referral</u>: Law enforcement initiates the treatment engagement, but no charges are filed. Examples: LEAD (WA), STEER (MD)''''<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-family: arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref></span>'''
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= Relevant Research =
<br/> <u>Officer Intervention Referral</u>: Law enforcement initiates the treatment engagement, and charges are held in abeyance or citations issued. Examples: Civil Citation (FL), STEER (MD)”'<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/DeflectionFramework-excerpt_Final.pdf</ref>'</div>
 
= LEAD Program =
 
<div>LEAD is a pre-booking diversion program that allows officers to redirect low-level offenders engaged in drugs or prostitution activity to community-based services instead of jail and prosecution. LEAD participants begin working immediately with case managers to access services.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to a 2015 report by the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), "One of the [ONDCP] strategy's objectives for 2015 is to break the cycle of drug use, crime, delinquency, and incarceration by increasing by 5% the number of residential juvenile justice facilities offering substance abuse treatment, and increasing by 2.6% the number of treatment plans completed by individuals referred by the Criminal Justice System (ONDCP, 2012, p.18)."<ref>https://www.unodc.org/documents/ungass2016/Contributions/Civil/ICPC/Rapport_FINAL_ENG_2015.pdf</ref></div> <div class="_">&nbsp;</div>
 
= Other Programs =
 
  
== <u>The S.M.A.R.T. Approach</u> ==
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SMART supports chronic misdemeanor offenders, particularly those who are otherwise resistant to intervention, with a case manager and offers individualized treatment and tailored housing placements. SMART prioritizes chronic misdemeanor offenders with acute drug addictions and complex social service needs.<br/> See fact sheet here: <div>[[File/view/SMART_Fact_Sheet.pdf/623773107/SMART_Fact_Sheet.pdf|[File:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png SMART Fact Sheet.pdf]]] <div>[[File/view/SMART_Fact_Sheet.pdf/623773107/SMART_Fact_Sheet.pdf|SMART Fact Sheet.pdf]]</div> </div>
 
== <u>STEER</u> ==
 
  
STEER is a police deflection initiative that incorporates prevention deflection and intervention deflection. The priority is to improve public safety by police and human services working together. It operates around the core value proposition of deflection, namely ensuring the proper placement of citizens either into the criminal justice system or away from it and towards the human services system. This results in reducing crime, building community relations, reducing drug use, and restoring the lives of citizens. STEER deflection provides a natural strategy to improve community relations by showing citizens the police know when a citizen needs help inistead of needing to be arrested. STEER makes clear that the police are indeed here to help and not just to arrest.<ref>http://www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/sites/www2.centerforhealthandjustice.org/files/publications/STEER-FactSheet.pdf</ref>
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= Impactful Federal, State, and Local Policies =
  
== <u>DTAP - Drug Treatment Alternative To Prison</u> ==
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Please list any federal, state, or local laws, policies, or regulations that support this topic or ones that could be a possible barrier. Are there laws or policies other states should know about and replicate for success?
  
This program had a high rate of success.&nbsp; See this [https://www.centeronaddiction.org/addiction-research/reports/crossing-bridge-evaluation-drug-treatment-alternative-prison-dtap-program evaluation report] from 2003 for impressive statistics.&nbsp;
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[[TR_-_Expand_Law_Enforcement_Assisted_Diversion_Programs|TR - Expand Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Programs]]
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= Promising Practices =
  
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Brief Description

Introductory Paragraph

Write a few sentences offering some introductory background information on this topic. The information here should be what you would want a reader to know about this topic and why it is important. This section should be high-level enough to provide an overview of the issue and/or strategy for professionals who may not be subject matter experts or well-versed on this topic.

Key Information

Please capture a deeper dive of the content in this section, to include any relevant subtopics or important things happening in the field the reader should be situationally aware of right now. You may have multiple paragraphs here with subtitles, if needed. While are not the experts and do not need to write out every detail about the subtopic like a research paper, we should make an attempt to fully capture the landscape of important things to know and link to any external information that may be helpful if the reader wants to learn more information.

Relevant Research

In this section, please capture any recent findings, reports, or data on the topic. Please also highlight any gaps or existing disparities. Please include references and links to the information so that we may add a footnote for the reader to find further information. Do we have any available research about discriminatory practices? Is there information about the value of access to educational opportunities?

Impactful Federal, State, and Local Policies

Please list any federal, state, or local laws, policies, or regulations that support this topic or ones that could be a possible barrier. Are there laws or policies other states should know about and replicate for success?

Available Tools and Resources

Oftentimes, there are already great resources in the field that have been developed, but they are not housed in a single place. Please use this section to share information about those resources and drive the reader to that resource. It may be a worksheet, toolkit, fact sheet, framework/model, infographic, new technology, etc. I suggest no more than 5 really good links and a corresponding description for the reader. We also can use this section to highlight some of the great resources and programs at SAFE Project.

Promising Practices

Please link to any best practice models or case studies that highlight creative/innovative or successful efforts in support of this strategy. Is there a community that does a really good job in this area that other communities should replicate? Please write a brief description and provide a link.

Sources