Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2016 2:14:23 GMT -6
Harford sheriff begins posting heroin overdoses tally for all to see
The Sheriff's Office has begun posting updated tallies of 2016 overdoses on signboards posted outside the Southern Precinct Station on Route 40 in Edgewood and the Northern Precinct Station on Route 23 in Jarrettsville.
As of Friday morning, seven suspected heroin overdoses were under investigation since the start of the year 14 days earlier – three were fatal.
A third signboard is expected to go up in front of the Sheriff's Office Headquarters, across South Main Street from the Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air, sometime in the coming week, spokesperson Cristie Kahler said.
The signboards, originally announced in the fall, are part of Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler's initiatives, begun shortly after taking office in late 2014, to confront the county's heroin abuse epidemic from a law enforcement standpoint.
Continue reading at www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-overdose-figures-2015-0120-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .
The Sheriff's Office has begun posting updated tallies of 2016 overdoses on signboards posted outside the Southern Precinct Station on Route 40 in Edgewood and the Northern Precinct Station on Route 23 in Jarrettsville.
As of Friday morning, seven suspected heroin overdoses were under investigation since the start of the year 14 days earlier – three were fatal.
A third signboard is expected to go up in front of the Sheriff's Office Headquarters, across South Main Street from the Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air, sometime in the coming week, spokesperson Cristie Kahler said.
The signboards, originally announced in the fall, are part of Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler's initiatives, begun shortly after taking office in late 2014, to confront the county's heroin abuse epidemic from a law enforcement standpoint.
Continue reading at www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/belair/ph-ag-overdose-figures-2015-0120-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .