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NC Harm Reduction Coalition

NC Harm Reduction Coalition

Dedicated to the implementation of harm reduction interventions, public health strategies, drug policy transformation, and justice reform in North Carolina and throughout the American South.

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Law Enforcement Training Booking and Events

Booking training on naloxone use, overdose, and needlestick prevention

The North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC), a statewide nonprofit that focuses on public health and disease and overdose prevention.  NCHRC works with law enforcement departments to inform their officers about NC’s 2013 Senate Bill 20/ NC’s 2015 Senate Bill 154 (overdose prevention law that allows law enforcement to use naloxone on 3rd parties), NC’s 2013 House Bill 850/NC 2015 HB 712 (this bill decriminalizes syringes and cracked pipes when people notify a officer they are carrying them to help officers avoid needlesticks) and NC’s syringe exchange law (H972 from 2016). If your office is interested, NCHRC can do roll call or longer formalized trainings for your department. NCHRC also has hand-outs and posters available with more information to help spread the word. NCHRC has five years of experience training law enforcement departments on needlestick prevention and overdose prevention and our organization currently is part of the statewide Crisis Intervention Team training circuit, and have trained over 100 departments throughout the state on needle-stick prevention and overdose response.

If you are interested in setting up a training or want more information on the Good Samaritan Law, NC naloxone laws or NC syringe laws., contact our Executive Director Robert Childs at robert.bb.childs@gmail.com and/or 336-543-8050. NCHRC offers trainings free of charge.

2017 Law Enforcement Summit on Heroin and Fentanyl

What: 2017 Law Enforcement Summit on Heroin and Fentanyl

Where: Museum of History, Daniels Auditorium, 5 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601

When: Thursday, March 9th, 2017, Registration 8:30am-9am, Event 9am-1pm

Sign up at:   REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Agenda:

8:30-9:00  REGISTRATION

9:00-9:15  Welcome & Prayer, Ronald Martin, Asa Buck, Jessie Garner

9:15-9:25 Legislative Welcome, Senator Jim Davis & Representative John Faircloth

9:25-9:30 State Trends in Overdose Mortality and Naloxone Reversals, Scott Proescholdbell

9:30-9:35 Understanding Fentanyl & Heroin Deaths Through Toxicology in North Carolina,Ruth Winecker

9:35-10:05 Characteristics of Fentanyl Use and Overdose: Insights from Survivors,Bystanders and Decedents, Jon Zibbell

10:05-10:40 Support After an Overdose, Donnie Varnell, Daniel Meloy, Sheila Washington

10:40-11:00  Break

11:00-11:10  Hepatitis C Epidemic in North Carolina, Jacquelyn Clymore

11:10-11:25 Syringe Exchange Legal Update in North Carolina, Josh Stein

11:25-11:35 Law Enforcement Encounters with Syringe Exchange Participants, Donnie Varnell

11:35-12:00 Panel: Challenges to Re-Entry and Post-Overdose, Jessie Garner, Louise Vincent, Moderated by Frankie Roberts

12:00-12:20 Updates from Fayetteville LEAD, Lars Paul, Melissia Larson

12:20-12:40 Creating Bridges between Law Enforcement and Treatment, Allie Hunter McDade, Tom Bashore

12:40-12:50 NC Harm Reduction Coalition’s Legislative Advocacy, Tessie Castillo

12:50-1:00   Closing, Ronald Martin

Parking for the Event

Public parking is available in three visitor’s lots. Visitor’s lot #1 is located at the corner of Jones Street and Wilmington Street. Visitor’s lot #2 is located in the 300 block of North Salisbury Street and can also be accessed from the 300 block of North McDowell Street. Visitors lot #3 is located at the corner of Edenton and McDowell Streets. Rates are charged by the hour and the parking lots are controlled by the Department of Administration. Other city owned lots and private lots are available throughout the downtown area. Public spaces are available on some of the streets in the area of the Legislative Complex but parking is limited to Members and authorized staff on the streets adjoining the Legislative Complex.  A parking map can be found via the following link:  http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/sites/default/files/VisitorParking_0.pdf

*Please give yourself a extra 15min to find parking on the day of the event

Confirmed Speakers

  • Chief Thomas Bashore, Nashville Police Dept. (Nashville, NC)
  • Jesse Bennett, Volunteer Coordinator, NC Harm Reduction Coalition (Raleigh, NC)
  • Sheriff Asa Buck, Sheriff, Carteret County Sheriff’s Office (Beaufort, NC)
  • Tessie Castillo, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, NC Harm Reduction Coalition (Raleigh, NC)
  • Jacquelyn M. Clymore, MS, HIV/STD/Hepatitis Director, NC Department of Health and Human Services (Raleigh, NC)
  • Senator Jim Davis (R), NC General Assembly (Franklin, NC)
  • Representative John Faircloth (R), NC General Assembly (High Point, NC)
  • Jesse Garner, Peer Support Specialist (Fayetteville, NC)
  • Melissia Larson, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Coordinator, NC Harm Reduction Coalition (Greenville, NC)
  • Detective SergeantRonald Martin, Retired, New York Police Department/ NC Harm Reduction Coalition (Raleigh, NC) 
  • Allie Hunter McDade, Executive Director, Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc. (Gloucester, MA)
  • Daniel P. Meloy, CLEE, Colerain Township Administrator and Director of Public Safety, (Colerain Township, OH)
  • Captain Lars Paul, Fayetteville Police Department (Fayetteville, NC)
  • Scott Proescholdbell, MPH, Epidemiologist, NC Department of Health and Human Services (Raleigh, NC) 
  • Frankie Roberts, LINC (Wilmington, NC)
  • Josh Stein, NC Attorney General (Raleigh, NC)
  • Donnie Varnell, Retired State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)/ Dare County Sheriff’s Office (Dare County, NC)
  • Louise Vincent, Hepatitis and Drug User Health Services Coordinator, (Greensboro, NC) 
  • Sergeant Sheila Washington, Fayetteville PD (Fayetteville, NC)
  • Dr. Jon E. Zibbell, PhD, Adjuct Professor, Emory and Senior Public Health Scientist, RTI International  (Atlanta, GA)

Who has NCHRC Trained

NCHRC HAS TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES ON NEEDLESTICK PREVENTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION AND/OR NALOXONE AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION

Georgia:

Atlanta Police Department

Holly Springs Police Department

South Carolina:

North Charleston Police Department

North Carolina:

Aberdeen Police Department
Albemarle District Jail
Albemarle Police Department
Anson County Sheriff’s Office
Appalachian State University Police
Ashe County Sheriffs OfficeAsheboro Police Department
Asheville Police Department
Broughton PoliceBroughton State Hospital PoliceBrunswick County SheriffBurke County Sheriff
Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office
Caldwell Sheriff’s DepartmentCarolina Beach PD
Cary Police Department
Catawba County Detention Center
Catawba County Sheriff’s Office
Charlotte Police Department
Charlotte Medical Police Department
Cherokee Nation Police DepartmentCherryville PDCity of Gastonia PD
China Grove Police Department
Clayton Police Department
Cleveland County SheriffCleveland County Parole and Probation
Concord Police Department
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department
Dare County SheriffDavidson College Police DepartmentDuck PD
Duke Univ. Police Department
Durham Police Department
Durham Co. Sheriff’s Dept 
Durham Tech. Police Department
Durham Veteran’s Admin. Police Department
Elizabeth City Police Department
Enfield Police Department
Fayetteville PDFletcher PDForsyth County Sheriff’s Department
Forsyth Medical Center SecurityFranklin PD
Gaston County Parole and ProbationGaston County SheriffGastonia Police DepartmentGarner Police Department
Granite  Falls Police Department
Greensboro Sheriff’s Office
Halifax County 911 Operators for HendersonHarnett County Sheriff
Henderson County SheriffHenderson Police Department
Hendersonville Police Department
Huntersville Police Department
Jacksonville Police Department
Kannapolis Police Department
Kernersville Police Department
Kings Mountain Police Department
Lee County Sheriff’s OfficeLeland PD
Lexington Police DepartmentLincolnton Police Department
Macon County SheriffMarshville Police Department
Marion Police DepartmentMateo PD
Matthews Police Department 
McDowell Sheriff’s Department
Mecklenberg Sheriff’s Department
Mint Hill Police Department
Monroe Police Department
Moore County School Police
Moore County Sheriff’s Office
Moore Regional Hospital Security
Mooresville Police Department
NC Central University Police Department
NC State Bureau Investigation
North Wilkesboro Police Department
Old Fort Police DepartmentOnslow County Sheriff
Orange County Correctional
Parks Services Dept.
Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office
Pinehurst Police Department
Pineview Police Department
Randolph County SheriffRowan County Sheriff
Sanford PD
Salisbury Police Department
Shelby Police Department
Smithfield EMS
Smithfield Police Department
Southern Pines Police Department
Stanly County Sheriff’s Office
Statesville Police Department
Stallings Police DepartmentTown of Boiling Spring Lakes PD
Tyrrell County Sheriff’s Office
Union County Sheriff’s Office
Wadesboro Police Department
Watauga County Sheriff’s Office
Waynesville Police Department
Waynesville SheriffWilmington PD
Wingate Police Department
Winston Salem Police Department

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Testimonials

“The help I got from the harm reduction program was more than just clean equipment, it was about being with people who didn’t judge me for my addiction, and who really wanted to help.”
~ Sam, a 50-year-old former drug user and sex worker in Carrboro, NC

“Too often, drug users suffer discrimination, are forced to accept treatment, marginalized, and often harmed by approaches which over-emphasize criminalization and punishment while under-emphasizing harm reduction and respect for human rights. This is despite the longstanding evidence that a harm reduction approach is the most effective way of protecting rights, limiting personal suffering, and reducing the incidence of HIV.”
~ Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 10, 2009

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