Crime & Safety
New Milford Police Use Narcan To Save Overdosing Woman's Life
Law enforcement personnel have saved 123 lives this year using Narcan.
NEW MILFORD, NJ — Police recently used Narcan to save a woman who was experiencing a drug overdose, authorities said.
The 32-year-old woman is the 122nd person whose life was saved this year by authorities using Narcan, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced on its Twitter page — @BCPONJ.
The prosecutor's office released the information with the hashtag #StopTheODs to bring attention to periodic updates regarding fatal drug overdoses in the county and information about the lives saved through the use of Narcan, a drug designed to reverse heroin and other opioid overdoses. There have been 121 lives saved in the county this year using Narcan.
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Posts include maps of where the most recent Narcan saves, or fatal overdoses occur, and a running tally of such incidents.
New Milford PD @NewMilfordPD deployed Narcan & revived a 32 yr old female overdose victim. 122nd Narcan save by police YTD. #STOPTheODs pic.twitter.com/CJlYqYI11d
— B.C. Prosecutor (@BCPONJ) June 29, 2017
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