CCCNews Pod - Honest Local News for the Mid Columbia, Listeners Edition
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CCCNews Pod - Honest Local News for the Mid Columbia, Listeners Edition
CCCNews Podcast: Local officials discuss new effort to reduce repeat low-level crime offenses
Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill, Hood River County District Attorney Matthew Ellis, Program Manager Rebecca Schilling, and Lead Navigator Nick Smallmon described the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program as a voluntary alternative to jail for people involved in low-level, nonviolent “livability” crimes such as trespass, shoplifting and minor drug possession.