. >> the chief and detective casey salagar conduct a seminar to convince officers that keeping some low level offenders out of gaol is the best way to deter future crimes. as i moved no property crimes, there was a direct correlation with heroin users and those arrested. every person roasted for addict. >> because of the proximity to the mexican border, new mexico is an epicentre of heroin addiction, it sees double the national rate of overdose death. >> people will do anything to get high. how does gaol scir anyone like that. >> i think it's good. there could be a lot of default to it. a lot of people want to get out of something. >> i go into it expecting they are trying to hustle me. my whole thing is once we got the hooks in them, with the case managers. because the case managers stay on them. you arrest them for shoplifting, what happens, off the street for a day. >> stopping the resolving door for arrest is the main object for lead. lead participants were 60% less likely to be arrested than low-level offenders making their way through the traditional justice system. >> kind of a l