Abstract
Lieutenant Detective Patrick Glynn and his fellow officers in the Quincy, Mass., Police Department have been feeling the effects of the opioid crisis for nearly a decade. Because of skyrocketing overdose rates, by October 2010, the department began stocking naloxone, a rapid antidote to overdose, in every police cruiser and made sure every officer was trained to administer it. Nowadays, the Quincy officers keep naloxone on hand, not just to treat overdose victims at a scene but also to treat officers who are accidentally exposed to increasingly prevalent, highly potent opioids like fentanyl. “First, we were looking to assist the public,” Glynn says, “and now that same medication is ensuring the officers’ safety.” According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, law enforcement encountered the synthetic opioid fentanyl twice as often in 2015 as just a year before. Whether it’s a routine traffic stop or a search of
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