Danielle LoRusso

Peer-to-Peer Learning Coordinator
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Newark, New Jersey

Danielle LoRusso is a retired Sergeant from the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Of her 25 years in law enforcment, She spent 22 years of her career working undercover narcotics, in which ten of those years she was assigned to the DEA Camden Office as a Task Force Officers. For 9 years she was the first ever female Administrative Sergeant/Commander of the Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force. LoRusso spent 12 years as a negotiator with the Gloucester County Special Weapons and Tactics team (SWAT). During the last three years of her career, she was selected to develop and implement the Prosecutor's new Community Relations Unit, where she was involved in the development and implementation of Operation Helping Hand serving as the unit's first supervisor. In May 2019, after she retired, she was hired by the New Jersey office of the Attorney General to work for the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enrollment Strategies (NJ CARES) as a county coordinator for Operation Helping Hand to provide individualized assistance to county's with their OHH programs. In September 2020, she became NJ CARES first OHH Peer-to-Peer Learning Coordinator. In addition to providing support to the 21 counties as it relates to their county programs, she now also offers trainings to law enforcement and OHH partners as it relates to understand and addressing addiction and best practices in implementing OHH.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• New Jersey’s Multi-Disciplinary Framework: Developing Forensic Intelligence and Creating a New Culture Linking Individuals With Substance Use Disorder to Appropriate Levels of Care

  Wednesday, April 20, 2022
  12:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET