Crime & Safety
East Whiteland Cops Join Chesco in Carrying Narcan
The East Whiteland Police Department have joined the rest of Chester County in supplying their police officers with the anti-opioid Narcan.
The East Whiteland Police Department will now let its officers carry Narcan, meaning the last department in Chester County which did not supply its officers with Narcan has changed its course.
According to the Daily Local News, this was because the township thought that only Codes and Life Safety personnel, who are better trained in life support, should carry the drug.
Chester County recently received a $7,500 donation from Cigna to restock their supplies.
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Narcan is used as an anti-opioid and officials say that it has been incredibly successful in saving lives that would have been lost to overdose.
The DA's office said there have been 58 lives saved in Chester County by naloxone since it has been put into use.
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