The Partnership

Community Policing of Public Health Care

2016

How does a drug change

a life, community & society ?
Patrick P. Glynn
Lieutenant Detective
Commander: Special Investigations & Narcotics Unit
Quincy Police Department
pglynn@quincyma.gov
617-745-5750

Learning Objectives
1. Understand the overdose crisis
2. How opioids work and overdose risk factors
3. Recognize / Respond to an opioid overdose
4. Review Good Samaritan/Naloxone Law
Passed August 2012

5. New regulations March 2014-Epidemic

6. New 64 pt. Plan / New General Laws
7. Municipal Bulk Trust Fund (A.G. August 2015)

3 Step Approach Dilemma - Admit there is a

problem
(no
Epidemic)
Option Provide Solutions
Consequences-Deaths increase
or decrease

Remember: We protect and

serve all

The Quincy Model

Hospital
Transition Facility

4
L.E. Narcan

1
5

Community

Treatment Facility

Addressing The Opioid Overdose with a

Multi-Discipline Approach

Collaborate or Perish

Safe Prescribing

Safe
Dispensing

Our
Community

Professional
Law Enforcement

Educated
Public

The Re-Focus

PAST

PRESENT

Junkie

Family Member / Person

Addict / Abuser

Substance Disorder

Overdose

Poisoning

Arrest

Treatment Narcan - ?
Recovery

Our P.E.T.E.R. Theory

Prevention Call 911
Education Good Sam.
Treatment - Narcan
Enforcement Yes / No
Reduce Fatal OD /
Relapse

What can be done ?

Decrease supply, temptation & risk

Quincy Police 1st to install kiosks in PD
DA Morrissey installed kiosks in all other police stations
Lock boxes
Quincy has 4 take back days per year
Education
Encourage proper disposal of old medications

By 2010, drug overdose deaths

outnumbered motor vehicle traffic
deaths in 31 states
More deaths from drug overdose

#1256 deaths

In 2014, @4 Massachusetts residents died

each day from drug overdoses

Quincy Police Department

Naloxone Hydrochloride: The Quincy Model
In Partnership with The Community
General Data

Opioid Specific

Quincy Police Dept.

O.D. Response(s)
Oct. 2010 April 7, 2016

OD= Overdose
R = Reversals
F = Fatal OD
2013 -OD.105 R.91

F.12

2014 -OD.146 R.109

F.26

2015 -OD.191 R.108

F.26

2016OD .78

R. 46 A.47 F.9

2015
Repeat Abuser(s) 15

OVERDOSE(S)
740
QPD Narcan Adm. 517
Reversals
492

66%
Reduction in Fatals
Oct. 2010 Apr. 2012
Fatals: (Historical)
(May 2009-Oct 2010) *
47
Fatals: Oct. 2010- April 2012
16

Unusual Events

Method Utilized

*Nasal
*Auto-Injector

Repeat Abuser(s)
16-2014 / 15-2015 / 1-2016

Presented by: Det. Lieutenant Patrick Glynn

Drive-in:
Fallon/QPD
World Series Parade
Chase Down
Cell Block:
Court House:

1
35
1
1
2
3

Prescription Overdose

Non-Fatal

17

Where Prescription Opioids are Obtained

55%

Obtained
free
from
friend or
relative

11.4%
Bought from friend or
relative
4.8%
Took from friend
or
relative without
4.4%
asking
Got from drug
dealer or
stranger
7.1%
Other source

17.3%
Prescribed by one
doctor
4 of 5 people started with pills then moved to heroin, MA. 2015

Mixing Opioids with Benzos

Combining opioids with

benzodiazepines or alcohol leads to a
worse outcome
Benzos are psychoactive drugs
prescribed for sedation, anxiety, sleep
and seizures
The most commonly used benzos are:
Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, Librium, and
Xanax

Success Stories

Publics Perception
Reduced Fear 911
Officer 2n2 Reversals
Civilian Pursuit *
Citizen Involvement *
Station Drive-in *
Good Sam Law Amd.
Boston Red Sox W.S.
Gifts

Why Not?
Anaphylactic Shock Epi-Pen
Diabetic Emergency Sugar Product
Opiate/Opioid OD Narcan

Adapting to The Future

--- Do not go where the path my lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

--- We are not going to arrest our way out of this epidemic.
--- We do not pick those: We Protect & Serve
Lt. Det. Patrick Glynn

Acts of 2012, Chapter 192,

Sections 11 & 32

(d) Naloxone or other opioid antagonist

may lawfully be prescribed and
dispensed to a person at risk of
experiencing an opiate-related
overdose or a family member, friend or
other person in a position to assist a
person at risk of experiencing an
opiate-related overdose. (emphasis
added)

(a) A person who, in good faith, seeks medical

assistance for someone experiencing a drugrelated overdose shall not be charged or
prosecuted for possession of a controlled
substance under sections 34 or 35 if the
evidence for the charge of possession of a
controlled substance was gained as a result of
the seeking of medical assistance.
(b) A person who experiences a drug-related
overdose and is in need of medical assistance
and, in good faith, seeks such medical
assistance, or is the subject of such a good
faith request for medical assistance, shall not
be charged or prosecuted for possession of a
controlled substance under said sections 34 or
35 if the evidence for the charge of possession

(c) The act of seeking medical assistance for

someone who is experiencing a drug-related
overdose may be used as a mitigating factor
in a criminal prosecution under the Controlled
Substance Act,1970 P.L. 91-513, 21 U.S.C.
section 801, et seq.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall
prevent anyone from being charged with
trafficking, distribution or possession of a
controlled substance with intent to distribute.
(e) A person acting in good faith may receive
a naloxone prescription, possess naloxone and
administer naloxone to an individual
appearing to experience an opiate-related

www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/2013-national-drug-control-strateg

General Info
OPIOID TRAINING - The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, along with the
New York State Department of Health and the Harm Reduction Coalition announced an Opioid Overdose Prevention
training pilot program at the all-male, medium-security Queensboro Correctional Facility, according to a press release
from the state. The training will provide inmates preparing for release to the community with education about the
dangers of opioid use, as well as training in the use of naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdose.
http://on.ny.gov/1M73bhr

Whitehouse.gov/ondcp/national-drug-control-strategy/advocates-for-action-2013
Whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/17/remarks-ondcp-director-michael-botticelli
Masstapp.edc.org
BJA.gov/naloxone
Patriotledger.com
October 14, 2014
Whitehouse.gov/ondcp

The Partnership of
Law Enforcement & Public Health Care
2016

Bja.gov/naloxone

Thank You !!
Disease v.

Patrick P. Glynn
Lieutenant Detective
Commander: Special Investigations & Narcotics Unit
Quincy Police Department
pglynn@quincyma.gov
617-745-5750

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