U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, Law Enforcment Officials And Treatment Professionals To Announce Law Enforcement Treatment Referral Initiative Arising Out Of Recent Roundup

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Oct. 20, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and various state and local law enforcement officials will discuss recent efforts by law enforcement to refer addicts to treatment at a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at Prestera, PARC East, 1143 Dunbar Avenue in Dunbar, West Virginia.

WHO:

United States Attorney Booth Goodwin

Charles Miller, Chief of Staff, Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office

Chief Brent Webster, Charleston Police Department

Sheriff John Rutherford, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department

Eric Johnson, Commander, Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT)

Deputy Director Kenny Burner, Appalachia HIDTA

Dana Petroff, Director of Addiction Services, Prestera

Kate Luikart, Regional Director, Prestera

Deputy Secretary James Rubenstein, West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety and

Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Corrections

WHERE: Prestera - PARC East