Leveraging body-worn camera footage to better understand opioid overdoses and the impact of police-administered naloxone

MD White, S Watts, C Orosco… - American journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To investigate what transpires at opioid overdoses where police administer
naloxone and to identify the frequency with which concerns about police-administered …

Perspectives from law enforcement officers who respond to overdose calls for service and administer naloxone

HM Smiley-McDonald, PR Attaway, NJ Richardson… - Health & justice, 2022 - Springer
Background Many law enforcement agencies across the United States equip their officers
with the life-saving drug naloxone to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Although …

First responders' views of naloxone: Does stigma matter?

NE Kruis, K McLean, P Perry… - Substance Use & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Prior work has suggested that first responders have mixed feelings about harm
reduction strategies used to fight the opioid epidemic, such as the use of naloxone to …

Drug overdoses, geographic trajectories, and the influence of built environment and neighborhood characteristics

EL Piza, KT Wolff, DN Hatten, BE Barthuly - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Much research has analyzed the spatial patterns of drug overdose events and identified
features of the environment associated with heightened overdose levels. Generally absent …

Gunshot detection technology time savings and spatial precision: An exploratory analysis in Kansas City

EL Piza, DN Hatten, JG Carter… - Policing: A Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Gunshot detection technology (GDT) is expected to impact gun violence by accelerating the
discovery and response to gunfire. GDT should further collect more accurate spatial data, as …

“Another tool in the toolkit”—Perceptions, suggestions, and concerns of emergency service providers about the implementation of a supervised consumption site

D Perlmutter, C Wettemann, CE Fockele… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background As Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) are implemented in the
United States, it is important to consider the needs and perceptions of impacted …

Reducing the iatrogenesis of police overdose response: time is of the essence

B Pozo - American Journal of Public Health, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
In their article in this issue, White et al.(p. 1326) use a novel data source to provide insight
into the police response to 911 calls for opioid overdose. They analyzed the body-worn …

Who is fatigued? A repeated cross-sectional survey of officer attitudes towards people who use opioids, naloxone, and their role in responding to opioid overdoses

S Watts, MD White, D Perrone, A Malm - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024 - Elsevier
Many police departments have equipped their officers with naloxone as a promising
response to the opioid crisis. Though research suggests police can effectively administer …

Characteristics of events in which police responded to overdoses: an examination of incident reports in Rhode Island

A Macmadu, A Yolken, L Frueh, JR Toussaint… - Harm Reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Background Narrow or non-existent Good Samaritan Law protections and harsh drug selling
statutes in the USA have been shown to deter bystanders from seeking medical assistance …

'I'm not going to leave someone to die': carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences

EM Speakman, P Hillen, I Heyman, J Murray… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background Scotland has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths (DRDs) per capita
in Europe, the majority of which involve opioids. Naloxone is a medication used to reverse …