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| Serial criminals are being offered the choice of signing up to drugs and drink rehabilitation or face being proactively targeted by police. | Serial criminals are being offered the choice of signing up to drugs and drink rehabilitation or face being proactively targeted by police. |
| Up to 80 offenders are being targeted in the scheme. | Up to 80 offenders are being targeted in the scheme. |
| Those who opt to take part in the persistent offender programme (Pop) in Glasgow will be offered benefits like counselling and housing. | Those who opt to take part in the persistent offender programme (Pop) in Glasgow will be offered benefits like counselling and housing. |
| The two-year scheme, aimed at 80 drug-related offenders a year, is based on a pilot project in Blackpool. | The two-year scheme, aimed at 80 drug-related offenders a year, is based on a pilot project in Blackpool. |
| In the Lancashire town it was credited with a 45% reduction in housebreaking and a 25% fall in vehicle thefts. | In the Lancashire town it was credited with a 45% reduction in housebreaking and a 25% fall in vehicle thefts. |
| Support and access | Support and access |
| Dozens of offenders in four Glasgow police divisions have already agreed to sign up to the programme. | Dozens of offenders in four Glasgow police divisions have already agreed to sign up to the programme. |
| Supt Graham Cairns said: "Drug and alcohol misuse is a major factor in crime. | Supt Graham Cairns said: "Drug and alcohol misuse is a major factor in crime. |
| "The Pop is mainly aimed at the small minority of persistent offenders in the Glasgow city area who finance a substance misuse problem by committing acquisitive crimes or prostitution offences." | "The Pop is mainly aimed at the small minority of persistent offenders in the Glasgow city area who finance a substance misuse problem by committing acquisitive crimes or prostitution offences." |
| He said that with support and access to care, many of the offenders could be helped. | He said that with support and access to care, many of the offenders could be helped. |
| Supt Cairns added: "We can't force anyone to accept help and in the end Strathclyde Police is a law enforcement agency." | Supt Cairns added: "We can't force anyone to accept help and in the end Strathclyde Police is a law enforcement agency." |
| The project costs £700,000 and is funded by Glasgow Community Planning Partnership. |
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