East Windsor Police Save Several Residents Who Overdosed Recently

EAST WINDSOR, CT — Police last week reported on several recent heroin related incidents that occurred in East Windsor.

On the Police Department's Facebook page, police said that officers Mitchell and Sherman both administered Narcan to two people at the same residence last week who were unresponsive due to a heroin overdose. Both re-gained consciousness and were transported to the hospital, police said.

Also on Feb. 24, Cpl. Smith also administered Narcan to an unresponsive person who then re-gained consicousness and was transported to the hospital, police said.

On Saturday, Feb. 11 while conducting a business check Ofc. Ludemann found a vehicle parked at a gas station and the operator was slumped over the wheel with a needle in his arm, police said. The person was unresponsive and suffering from a heroin overdose and was transported to the hospital, police said.

"We continue to save lives with the Narcan antidote and encourage people to call 911 if they believe someone to be suffering a heroin overdose without fear of being arrested. In 2011, a “good Samaritan law” was passed in an attempt to address people’s unwillingness to call 911 for an overdose situation. This law protects people who call 911 seeking emergency medical services for an overdose from arrest for possession of drugs/paraphernalia. The law limits protection to this situation," police said on their Facebook page.