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Legal deflection programs for support services, not arrest, available in one-third of states as of 2024
As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...
The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) is pleased to announce the nation's first Deflection Certification Program for public safety departments.
Scene from The hypocrite, engraving from a painting by Robert Smirke (1753-1845), illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LIV, January 30, 1869. There is one psychological ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with drugs a choice: a jail cell or support. Around that same time, Oregon ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It's been one month since Oregon's new drug possession charge took affect and since most counties have been operating a deflection program. The state has devised a data ...
Starting next week, people caught with small amounts of street drugs outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on weekends will be arrested and taken to jail, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said Monday ...
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