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This initiative allows those seeking addiction treatment to use police as a resource for help without the threat of arrest. (Shutterstock)
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA Delaware County is joining Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro in launching a new initiative that supports those seeking addiction treatment without the threat of arrest.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Shapiro Tuesday announced the kick-off of the Attorney General s Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI) in Delaware County.
LETI is a program that allows individuals seeking treatment for addiction to use local law enforcement as a resource to contact participating treatment partners without the threat of arrest.
From left, are Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli and Pennsylvania District Attorney Josh Shapiro at the Council on Chemical Abuse (COCA) RISE Center in Reading, PA Tuesday morning April 13, 2021, where Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro visited to announce the expansion of the Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI) in Berks County. The LETI program is a collaborative law enforcement program that allows Pennsylvanians seeking treatment for addiction to use their local law enforcement, including sheriffs, probation officers, and parole officers as a resource to contact participating treatment partners without the threat of arrest.
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Delaware County is the 8th in the state to join a program launched in Western Pa. by AG Shapiro in 2018. It’s the first county to do so in the Philly suburbs.