With surging COVID-19 cases in Winthrop, Massachusetts, the town was recently identified by the state of Massachusetts as a town with an infection rate in the red — making it a COVID-19 hotspot. Town leadership and public safety officials needed a way to relay the urgency of the rise in cases and new testing sites to the public and quickly, and they turned to JGPR for assistance.
(Gloucester Police) CBS Evening News: Mass. police try new program to help drug addicts
View More: Crime News|Live News|More News Videos OCTOBER 12, 2015, 1:19 AM|Police in Gloucester, Massachusetts, are trying a new policy called the “Angel Program.” With no extra costs to tax payers, the program partners with treatment centers across the country. Kenneth Craig reports.
(Gloucester Police) WWLP: I-Team: Gloucester police helping, not arresting heroin addicts
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – A unique yet controversial program to change the conversation about heroin addiction is underway in Massachusetts.
(Dixon Police) WQUAD: Dixon to offer heroin addicts help with no jail time
The Dixon Police Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office will soon be offering a new, progressive plan to nip heroin addiction in the bud.