Trailblazing Police Chief Has MET Origins
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello is being hailed as a trailblazer for policies he has put in place to combat the North Shore’s growing drug problem. Instead of arresting addicts, his “Angel” program forgives those who turn themselves over for treatment, and connects users with recovery specialists. Campanello, who earned his master’s degree in criminal justice online at MET and whose department has worked in collaboration with BU’s School of Public Health, first made national headlines last year when a social media post he authored about his policy went viral.
Read more about Chief Campanello, and the role Gloucester police are playing in the evolving efforts to battle addiction across America, in the New York Times.