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Chief Robert MacKenzie

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Chief Robert MacKenzie

Chief Robert MacKenzie , Chief of the Kennebunk Police Department, speaks about The Impact of COVID-19 on Mainers in Recovery For the last year, the RALI CARES educational program — created in partnership with the nonprofit organization Code 3 Association (Code 3) and the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI) — has been touring the country via a mobile unit called the RALI CARES trailer. Due to the overwhelming response to the mobile unit across the United States, RALI transformed the experience into a virtual one so that people all over the country could take the interactive tour right from their computers or cell phones. You can visit it online

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