“As I read through the deflection model law, I find myself smiling… and thinking back through the years to the times when other law enforcement, fire/EMS chiefs, and city managers asked me, ‘Why do you do this work?’ or ‘Why do you partner with that social service agency?’ The ‘this’ and ‘that’ was our reaching out to experts who understood the ‘Science of Addiction’ and asking for their help! We asked if they would work alongside police, fire and EMS and educate us on how we make a positive impact on our people and families within our community,” said Dan Meloy, retired Police Chief of Colerain Township, Ohio. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced the release of the Model Law Enforcement and Other First Responders Deflection Act, a resource for states that encourages the development and use of deflection programs across
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Director of Operations, Dan Meloy to Present at National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators in April
O2SL and QRT National’s Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, will be a guest presenter in April 2022 at the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators 2022 NADDI Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Training Conference – Save the Date! – NADDI – National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators Thursday, April 28th, 3:30 pm Quick Response Teams Why does a “QRT” model exist? Purpose.How does a community implement the QRT model?Who and where is the model implemented/used?How has the model grown, in service, since its creation? Presenter: Daniel P. MeloyChief of Police and Director of Public Safety, (Ret.) Founder, QRT NationalO2SL & QRT National, Director of Operations
Partnership Agreement between the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and Operation 2 Save Lives & QRT National
For Immediate Release Date: January 6, 2022 Contacts: Scott Henderson, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (408) 722-8838: Scott Allen, Operation 2 Save Lives-QRT National, (508) 208-2244 The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC) and Operation 2 Save Lives-QRT National (O2S & QRT National) are excited to announce their partnership to offer programs, train, equip and support multidisciplinary teams of professionals to provide services to children and families affected by a parent or caregiver substance misuse. The organizations’ approaches are to identify children as early as possible, intervene appropriately, and secure services for children and families, seeing that these services are sustained. Drug Endangered Children are children who are at risk of suffering physical, mental, or emotional harm because of parent or caregiver’s legal or illegal substance misuse. They may also be children whose caretaker’s legal or illegal substance use interferes with the caretaker’s ability to parent and
See O2SL & QRT National’s Partner, Daryl McGraw on TED Talk, talking Urban Trauma
Listen to Daryl McGraw of Connecticut, a O2SL & QRT National partner, subject matter expert, who shares his expertise and experience on a December 2021 TEDxHartford, “Urban Trauma Unchecked is Urban Trauma Untreated” Daryl McGraw TEDxHartford Urban Trauma
Responsive Education to Support Treatment in Opioid Recovery Efforts (RESTORE)
O2SL and QRT National are proud to be participating sponsors in next Tuesday’s, October 26th, Kentucky Responsive Education to Support Treatment in Opioid Recovery Efforts (RESTORE) Community Forum, Click Here to Register
Canadian and American Firms Come Together to Advance Community Safety and Well-Being Initiatives
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2021 Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National, a United States-based firm operating within the pre-arrest diversion (PAD), deflection field and The Global Network for Community Safety (Global Network), a Canadian-based firm that focuses on innovations to improve Community Safety and Well-being across Canada and in the U.S., announce their partnership to provide states, provinces, counties, and communities with comprehensive, collaborative solutions in addressing issues of marginalization, including poverty, victimization, substance use (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD). Through the O2SL and QRT National – Global Network partnership, these two organizations can work cross-border to collectively provide multi-agency community responses to address issues of marginalization, for pre-crisis identification and crisis interventions, while creating pathways to care and support. Their combined expertise and suite of services – based on internationally recognized best past practices – can help provide communities with tailored responses to meet their
O2SL and QRT National Trains West Virginia Police on the Impacts of Trauma
Operation 2 Save Lives & QRT National instructors spent Monday and Tuesday of this week training law enforcement partners in several counties in West Virginia, educating seventy law enforcement responders on the impact of trauma on their service to the community. O2SL and QRT National’s Trauma-Informed Care Training expert, Edward Jacoubs, and Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, spent the past two days with leaders and officers from nine police departments alongside partner Beth Bailey, Project Director of the Rural Health Opioid Program, Community Connections, Inc., based in Princeton, West Virginia. Director Bailey oversees the Quick Response Teams (QRT) in this region, made up of law enforcement professionals and mental health and recovery community professionals in Mercer, McDowell, and Wyoming counties. Jacoubs, M.S.W., who has the past 42 years of experience in the juvenile justice and forensic mental health field, led the two-day training alongside Director of Operations Meloy, working with
O2SL and QRT National Team Prepare for August 9th and 10th Training With West Virginia Partners
On August 9th and 10th, O2SL and QRT National’s Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, along with our trauma-informed response subject matter expert, Edward Jacoubs (MSW), will be training law enforcement partners from the Pineville and Princeton, West Virginia regions. Retired Chief Meloy and Beth Bailey, Project Director of the Rural Health Opioid Program, from Community Connections, Inc., continue to collaborate to provide opportunities to share best practices and educate Quick Response Teams and law enforcement responders, including this upcoming training about the impact of trauma on law enforcement’s service to the community. Learning About the Impact of Trauma Trauma’s impact on those that they serve in the community but also the impact of trauma on first responders themselves. O2SL and QRT National’s team of subject matter experts focus on supporting pre-arrest diversion, deflection, while understanding the impact of trauma on those that they serve, as well as the impacts of
Hear From O2SL and QRT National’s C.O.O. Scott Allen in 2021, COPS Office and PERF report: “Policing on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
Read the Office of COPS and PERF report here, Policing on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis (usdoj.gov) Hear Retired East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Chief of Police and current O2SL and QRT National’s Scott Allen discussing How Police can Effectively Manage their Multiple, Sometimes Conflicting Roles of Emergency Response, Public Safety, and Law Enforcement” See pages 51, 56, 73, 77 for direct quotations from Retired Chief Allen.
Dan Meloy and the QRT National innovators featured by BJA’s COSSAP Case Study
See O2SL and QRT National’s Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, subject matter expert team member, Nan Franks, along with the advocacy of Colerain Township Assistant Fire Chief Will Mueller, featured in the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), BJA’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), Law Enforcement and First Responder Diversion Pathways to Diversion Case Studies Series.