LEAD: Advancing Criminal Justice Reform
In 2021
The LEAD® National Support Bureau is a project of the Public Defender Association (PDA). PDA acknowledges our partnership with the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice in the launch of the Bureau in 2016. The Bureau also draws on the expertise of prosecutors, police, case managers and community public safety leaders who are now using LEAD on the ground, and are willing to share lessons learned with their peers around the country.
Exploring
CA Galt
CA San Francisco
FL Tampa Bay
IA Polk County
IL Wasco
IN Bloomington
IN Indianapolis
KY Elizabethtown
MD Baltimore
MN Minneapolis
NC Brunswick County
NC Dare County
NC Durham County
NC Harnett County
NC Lexington
NC Orange County
NC Washington
NC Winston-Salem
NH Concord
NM Raton
NY Buffalo
OR Salem
RI Pawtucket
TX Austin
VA Richmond
WA Pierce County
WA Redmond
* Jurisdictions developing police diversion/deflection that are not called LEAD, but are in alignment with LEAD Core Principles.
Developing
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DE Wilmington
MN Red Lake Tribe
MO St. Louis City
NC Watuaga County
NM Taos County
NY Erie County
NY Essex County
NY Rochester
NY Rockland County
NY Schenectady
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Launching
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CO Lakewood
HI Hawaii County
MI Detroit
MI Washtenaw County
NC Jacksonville
NY Ithaca
PA Allegheny County
International​
UK United Kingdom
ZA South Africa
Operating
CA Los Angeles
CA East L.A.
CA Hollywood
CO Alamosa
CO Denver County
CO Longmont
CO Pueblo County
CT Hartford
GA Atlanta*
HI Honolulu
HI Maui County
KY Louisville
LA New Orleans
MA New Bedford
MD Baltimore
ME Bangor
NC Burke County
NC Fayetteville
NC Hickory/Catawba County
NC Statesville/Mooreville
NC Waynesville
NC Wilmington
NH Dover
NH Farmington
NM Albuquerque
NM Rio Arriba
NM Santa Fe
NY Albany
NY Niagara County
NY Schoharie County
OH Findley
OH Hamilton County
OR Clackamas County
OR Marion County
OR Multnomah County
OR Portlandâ€
SC Lancaster
TX Houston (Youth)
WA Burien
WA King County
WA Kitsap County
WA Makah Tribe (Neah Bay)
WA Mason County
WA Puyallup Tribe
WA Seattle
WA Snohomish County
WA Thurston County
WA Walla Walla
WA Whatcom County
WV Charleston
WV Huntington
WY Cheyenne
What is LEAD?
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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a community-based diversion approach with the goals of improving public safety and public order, and reducing unnecessary justice system involvement of people who participate in the program.