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• Guiding officers to defect citizens to treatment: an examination of police department policies in Illinois

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• The U.S. overdose crisis has motivated police departments to enact policies allowing officers to directly defect individuals to substance use disorder treatment and other services shown to reduce recidivism and subsequent overdose risk, as well as refer people who voluntarily present at police facilities with a desire for treatment. As a new way of operating, and one that relies on an officers use of discretion for successful implementation, the practice benefits from guidance through written directives, training, and supervisory support. However, there is little information on the establishment, content, and execution of police department defection policies, which hampers the implementation and dissemination of this promising practice.

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