It’s been a year since Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello announced that his officers would help people get into addiction treatment, rather than arrest them.
More than 400 people have gone to the police station for help, more than 100 police departments around the country have started similar programs and Campanello was recognized at the White House.
Deborah Becker from Here & Now contributor WBUR has this look back at the first year of the so-called “Angel program.”
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- Deborah Becker, senior correspondent and host at WBUR. She tweets @wburdebbecker.
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