Collaboration improves treatment access for drug users, suggesting community engagement is vital.
Deflection is connecting drug users with treatment pre‐arrest. To make this kind of approach work, PTACC (Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative) has for years focused on demonstrating the value of deflection programs, and offering recommendations and considerations for evaluation in further deflection efforts.
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