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  • Police in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of Arresting Them

    Bill Myers

    April 18, 2018 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Dixon, Illinois

    Dixon is the second police department in the United States to stop jailing drug addicts and start helping them check into rehab centers instead. “We’re changing the way law enforcement views addiction — to see it as a disease, not a crime,” says Police Detective Jeff Ragan. At least 267 people have gone through the Safe Passage program so far, some multiple times, but the program seems to be working. Residential burglaries, retail thefts, and drug arrests have dropped.

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