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Law enforcement and peer teams urge state to restore $3M annual funding for Ohio deflection/quick‑response teams
Summary
Former chiefs, task‑force commanders and nonprofit leaders told the Senate committee that Ohio's law enforcement‑led Quick Response Teams and deflection programs that connect overdose survivors to care have expanded statewide and need restored operating support to sustain teams and their data platforms.
Retired police chiefs, task force commanders and representatives of the Ohio Deflection Association and service providers told the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee they support a budget amendment to restore ongoing funding to sustain deflection and quick response teams (QRTs) that connect people after overdose to treatment and services.
"Since 2017 more than 80 deflection teams represent fire, EMS, peer, behavioral…
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