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Tag: Fentanyl
Technology
Mitigating the Threats of Fentanyl-Related Inner-City Violence
As distributors and dealers make money plying their trade—and potential profits are enormous—they look for new opportunities to expand drug distribution markets, which includes lacing heroin, amphetamines, and cocaine with traces of fentanyl.
February 14, 2024
Investigations
Florida LEOs Arrest 3, Seize Kilos of Fentanyl
Over time, deputies say they figured out the drugs were coming from a Mexican cartel and then being moved from Compton, California, to Polk County.
November 1, 2023
Point of Law
CA Correctional Deputy Charged with Trafficking Fentanyl
Along with the transportation count, the deputy is charged with possession of controlled substances for sale, along with sentence-enhancing allegations of perpetrating a drug-related offense while armed.
September 28, 2023
Patrol
Tampa Officer Collapses After Exposure to Fentanyl
Authorities said the officer was filling out paperwork when he began to feel faint and dizzy with numbness in his limbs – “all signs consistent with Fentanyl exposure."
September 25, 2023
Patrol
Protecting Police from Street Drugs
Opioids and other highly potent substances are a threat to the public and law enforcement. Touchless identification technology can help you know when you are in danger and prevent exposure.
July 5, 2023
Featured
3 Undercover KS Officers Shot, Wounded During Fentanyl Buy
"We were going to execute an arrest. During the execution of the arrest, individuals in the car got into a gun battle with the police officers," Chief Karl Oakman said.
April 6, 2023
Patrol
Body Camera Video Shows CA Deputy's Almost Fatal Fentanyl Exposure
In a documentary-style video released Wednesday by the sheriff's department showing the bodycam footage, Corporal Scott Crane explained it was his trainee who was exposed to fentanyl. He said it was their first radio call of the day.
August 6, 2021
Patrol
CA Officer Revives Toddler Exposed to Fentanyl
Concord police in a Facebook post Monday lauded the quick actions taken by Officer Aaron Khamosh, who a driver flagged down on Salvio Street Friday night frantically asking for help.
March 30, 2021
Patrol
Medical Examiner's Memo Says George Floyd had Potentially "Fatal Level of Fentanyl" in System
"[Dr. Andrew Baker] said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death,” the June 1 memo said.
August 26, 2020
Patrol
Oklahoma Officer Given Narcan After Fentanyl Exposure
An officer with the Bartlesville (OK) Police Department was given a potentially life-saving dose of Narcan after he fell to the floor during processing of evidence that included an amount of fentanyl late last week.
March 13, 2020
Special Units
A Law Enforcement Hero's Tale
Last month a Dayton, OH, police detective was murdered serving a warrant on alleged fentanyl distributors, and all Americans need to hear his story.
December 3, 2019
Patrol
Wounded Dayton Detective’s Injuries “Not Survivable,” Organs to be Donated
“After a life of dedicated public service, Jorge will continue to give of himself to the greater community by being an organ donor upon his death,” Biehl said in an updated media release Wednesday afternoon.
November 6, 2019
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