Blair Paddock | July 22, 2021 10:19 pm
The city is expanding a program that works to keep people from getting a drug offense and, instead, places them into treatment.
The Narcotics Arrest Diversion Program, started in 2018 on the West Side, and has directed more than 700 people in 11 eligible police districts toward drug treatment programs.
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Officials say the program will expand to every district by the end of the year.
There are two ways someone can access the NADP, Chicago Police Deputy Chief Antoinette Ursitti said. If an officer takes an individual into custody who’s in possession of one gram or less of cocaine, heroin or drug paraphernalia and if they’re open to treatment, a counselor at the station will connect them with a treatment program. Otherwise, people can come to the station to request access to the program.
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