APD They're Not Medics

This seems to be the position they are taking

Reversal Drug Naloxone Is Saving Lives, But Not All Police Departments Are On Board
Jason Cherkis & Nick Wing | Huffington Post

"In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney James Martin set up a program to offer police departments free naloxone kits. But the Allentown Police Department so far has refused the offer. Martin told The Huffington Post that the excuse he was given was that it would be too complicated to move naloxone kits from one vehicle to another during shift changes.

Lehigh County Coroner Scott M. Grim said the county has had 91 drug-related deaths in 2015. More than half have been from opioids -- deaths that might have been prevented with naloxone. Allentown’s police chief, Joel Fitzgerald, did not return calls seeking comment."

My Comments About The Article AboveThe Morning Call: "Of more than two dozen police departments within his jurisdiction, only one, he said, has declined the kits, and that's the one serving the city with the biggest heroin problem — Allentown. "I'm disgusted with Allentown's response to this," he said.

AS AM I

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