This session highlights practical ways communities are bridging the gap between public safety and public health. Retired Police Chief Scott Allen will facilitate a conversation with three innovators who have built durable partnerships across law enforcement, behavioral health, and community organizations. Together they'll unpack field-tested approaches—deflection academies, situation tables, family-focused engagement, and rural coalition building—that reduce harm, accelerate access to services, and improve community well-being. Participants will leave with a clear roadmap for launching or strengthening collaborative initiatives in their own jurisdictions.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to explain how deflection and situation table models operationalize cross-sector collaboration to address acutely elevated risk and connect people to care earlier.
Participants will be able to identify implementation steps (training, data/privacy practices, facilitation, and sustainability) to launch or scale collaborative law enforcement–public health initiatives.
Participants will be able to describe measurable community impacts from real implementations (CT, VT) and adapt these lessons to local context.
Event Location
Virtual Webinar
Contact & Accommodations
NAADAC
The Association for Addiction Profssionals