Pawel Tarnawski

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• Pawel Tarnawski
• Police Lieutenant, BC of Law
• Polish National Police

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BASICS OF HARM REDUCTION

• If we cant eliminate the phenomenon, lets
  reduce the harms
• Impossibility of doing all doesnt mean we
  shouldnt do anything

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WHAT ARE THE HARMS?

• Individual and social
• INFECTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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THE HIGH RISC ENVIRONEMENTS

• Drug users
• sex workers

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THE WAYS OF ACTIVITY

• education
• Substitution treatment
• SAFER BEHAVIOR

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WHAT THE POLICE HAS TO DO WITH IT?

• In most countries drugs are illegal (sometimes
  also prostitution)
• Even if its legal the police has to worry about
  drug related crimes
• THE POLICE HAS TO INFILTRATE DRUGS ENVIRONEMENT
  AND FIGHT NARCOTICS

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POLICE AND SOCIAL WORKERS

• Are we enemies?
• Can we sea each other in a positive light? (how
  not to exaggerate in both ways)
• Can they destroy our job?

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WHAT CAN WE HAVE OUT OF IT ?

• Harm reduction is a profit for whole the society
• It is always better to stop the sickness
• It is better not to have needles on the street
• It is better to have drug users in one place

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THE BASICS OF POLICE-SOCIAL WORKERS COEGSISTENCE

• We usually do not arrest people around social
  workers
• We do not treat social workers as source of
  information about drug users
• They dont support criminal activity
• They dont help fugitives to escape
• They dont do anything illegal

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THE EXAMPLE OF COOPERATIONIN KRAKOW