Want to Reduce Drugs in Your Community? You May Want to Deflect Instead of Arrest
In this article from the September 2015 issue of The Police Chief Magazine, Jac Charlier writes about models to divert people from arrest to treatment. The Montgomery County (Maryland) Deflection Model or STEER is a pre-booking diversion model focused on people with substance use disorders who have a high likelihood of repeated contact with police due to their untreated addictions and other effects statistically related to criminal activity.
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