The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program is widely considered a success.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A successful anti-crime program is on the state chopping block.
The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, program takes low level criminals off the streets and gets them the help they need — while keeping them out of jail.
But parts of it could be sucked into the state’s $12 billion budget hole.
Rebeka and her LEAD caseworker Danny Liddecoet are walking the path of her recovery together.
Homeless and addicted to fentanyl, Rebeka recently lost her boyfriend to an overdose.
She wondered if
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