Reference no: EM133434920

Question

Imagine that your team reports to the Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Jederville, Nebraska, a (fictional) township plagued with the highest drug overdose rates in the state and one of the highest in the Midwest Region of the United States. In response, the Mayor has called an emergency meeting of the township's leaders in law enforcement, health and public health, business and education. There is a small health clinic that delivers primary care in Jederville, but the nearest hospital licensed to provide in-patient drug treatment is over an hour away. The Police Department consists of three squad cars and a headquarters with two jail cells, one that holds up to ten men, the other up to four women-the Police Chief has stated publicly that he is skeptical of "coddling addicts who need to learn how to stay clean." The County Courthouse is about 20 minutes down the road in Dodge City, and the Chief Justice will be at the Mayor's meeting-She attended a conference last year about how to tackle drug use from the bench and seems open to new ideas. The Public Health department just received a $2.5 Million grant to address the recent spike in drug use in Jederville, and the Commissioner is a recent mayoral appointee. Your boss has asked you to develop a series of policy proposals to stem the tide of the overdose epidemic, along with direct actions the Mayor will request from each of the stakeholders attending the meeting. What information do you need to gather to support your proposals? What are the top three or four policies or programs that the Mayor should put forward at the meeting?