Dr. Frank Straub on the LAPD response to George Floyd protests

Dr. Frank Straub on the LAPD response to George Floyd protests

Why all cops should carry a lock-out kit

Why all cops should carry a lock-out kit

Unwitting confidential informants provide probable cause to search

Unwitting confidential informants provide probable cause to search

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Should cops shoot to incapacitate?

Should cops shoot to incapacitate?

American Rescue Plan: Guidance on state and local fiscal recovery funds

American Rescue Plan: Guidance on state and local fiscal recovery funds

Officer safety issues we must address today

Officer safety issues we must address today

5 tactics to protect your police agency from ransomware

5 tactics to protect your police agency from ransomware

Timing with accuracy beats power and speed

Timing with accuracy beats power and speed

Defensive tactics training: Front compliance

Defensive tactics training: Front compliance

Overcoming the empty hand skills training deficit

Overcoming the empty hand skills training deficit

How the data disproves the myth of Mayberry

How the data disproves the myth of Mayberry

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Compassion fatigue: The hidden danger of concurrent national public health emergencies
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Training, mental health resources are essential to support first responders facing both the opioid crisis and COVID-19 outbreak
Investigating the pandemic's effect on overdoses
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While preliminary data shows no significant change in overdose numbers, one agency describes how stay-at-home orders have impacted overdose locations and outreach efforts
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Reader poll: Cops' increasing role in providing medical care
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This month, we asked our readers a series of questions about the medical gear they carry, the training they’ve received and the lifesaving measures they’ve taken on the job
Research: Illness from accidental opioid exposure ‘extremely unlikely’
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Researchers warn that misinformation about unintentional fentanyl exposure can have negative consequences for responders and opioid overdose patients
A letter to the American public: Forget about the war on drugs, drugs are waging war on us
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While some headway has been made recently with a decline in overdose deaths, our “allies” in our efforts have become part of the problem
A preview of FY 2020 Department of Justice grants for police, corrections
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There are several potential grant opportunities for law enforcement agencies
Warning issued after at least 3 high schoolers in King County die from fentanyl-laced pills
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The students died after taking what they thought were oxycodone or OxyContin pills
Trooper gets lifesaving award after helping woman who OD’d during traffic stop
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Trooper Joseph Ballone used life-saving measures to reverse a potentially lethal overdose
NC agencies go high-tech against opioid crisis
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Using ODMAP, law enforcement and public health can input, monitor and track overdose data using times, dates and locations
Conn. police join a growing trend of offering addicts treatment over jail
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Using grant monies, the Vernon Police Department is connecting addicts with recovery coaches and moving them into treatment rather than jail
Diverting defendants to treatment
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Model pretrial jail programs provide withdrawal management and medication-assisted treatment for jail detainees
How a pre-arrest opiate diversion program is saving lives in Wisconsin
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If a person commits a low-level crime to support an opiate addiction, they can avoid arrest if they are willing to enter a treatment program
Vt. state trooper revived after apparent drug exposure
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A Vermont trooper had to be revived by fellow troopers after he was exposed to an opioid-like drug
Before heroin overdose, Baltimore officer went for intervention at police wellness office
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The officer had been using drugs throughout the day with his girlfriend before overdosing on heroin and dying
10 opioid crisis actions for law enforcement
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Police agencies are on the frontline of this crisis – here are 10 steps all chiefs and sheriffs need to take
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