Sheriff Bradshaw will allow Deputies to carry Narcan

PBSO allows deputies to carry Narcan in response to opioid epidemic

"The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that it has allowed deputies to carry Narcan in view of the current opioid overdose epidemic and large importation of Fentanyl.

The sheriff's office said the decision comes after numerous contacts with local, state, and federal partners on carrying Narcan by their officers.

PBSO will conduct a 3-year study on the use and results of having its officers carrying Narcan to determine continued deployment.

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the county will need to decide on the funding of approximately $200,000 to implement Narcan deployment.

According to Bradshaw, the money is not in the agency's present budget or the one presented for next year."

Source--Fox 29, WFLX

Should PBSO carry Narcan for those who have overdosed?

PBSO official’s ‘low shot’ during Narcan debate with county leaders decried by recovery advocates

"NALOXONE, THE LIFE-SAVING drug that reverses the effects of opioids and is commonly sold under the brand Narcan, is carried by sheriff’s deputies in nearly two-thirds of Florida’s 67 counties, according to one law-enforcement study.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, which patrols a county known as “the recovery capital of the world,” is not among them.

“There are a lot of socio-economic issues that are the cause. Drug addiction, that’s not a law enforcement issue," Said PBSO's second in command.

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