"After a while you realize the complete helplessness of the person that is suffering with the addiction, and how arrest isn't the answer. We wanted to make a bold and provocative statement and push that statement further up the ladder to the legislature and say, "As a police department, we're simply not going to arrest for the possession of this drug, IF the person presents to the police department and asks for help.""
[snip] "There is no way we are going to arrest our way out of the addiction crisis in this country."
-Leonard Campanello, Chief of Police, Gloucester, MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0REFy3UYE
[snip] "There is no way we are going to arrest our way out of the addiction crisis in this country."
-Leonard Campanello, Chief of Police, Gloucester, MA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0REFy3UYE