Tag: Chemical Exposure

Special Units

7 California Deputies Transported to Hospital After Exposure to Unknown Substance

Medical personnel with the fire department were at the jail early Tuesday after it was reported that “seven persons, all believed to be inmates, may have inhaled or been exposed to a yet to be formally identified substance within the jail facility.”

October 30, 2024

Patrol

Small Explosive Device Exposes Florida Deputy to White Powder During Traffic Stop

Deputies called in the St. Johns County Fire Rescue hazardous materials team, the state fire marshal's office, and the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office bomb squad to determine the nature of the substance and check the vehicle for additional devices

April 9, 2024

Patrol

3 MA Officers Transported to Hospital After Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

The officers backed out of the residence and experienced dizziness, sore throats, irritated eyes and noses, and headaches, police say.

August 3, 2023

Special Units

WA Trooper's 2008 Cancer Death Reclassified as LODD Caused by Chemical Exposure

Trooper S. Renee Padgett was a trooper for 27 years, working first in Gig Harbor, then in Bellevue where she was a wrecking-yard trooper. They inspect wrecking yards, scrap processors and hulk haulers

February 18, 2021