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. no matter what happens with you, from today on, the gloucester police department is here. that means today is the first day of your recovery, ever. there is no way we re going to arrest our way out of the addiction crisis in this country. the hardest part about having a family member with a heroin addiction is watching, watching my son die right before my eyes. and i was watching him die. he denied that he was using any kind of drugs.
law enforcement, at first, you know, you feel like you re doing a great job by cutting off the supply. after a while, you realize a complete helplessness of the person that s suffering from 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. no matter what happens with you, from today on, the gloucester police department is here. that means today is the first day of your recovery, ever. there is no way we re going to arrest our way out of the addiction crisis in this country. the hardest part about having