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Posted: Mar 07, 2020 4:04 PMUpdated: Mar 09, 2020 3:31 AM

UPDATE: BPD Officer Hospitalized for Possible Fentanyl Exposure Released and Back on the Beat

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Garrett Giles/Tom Davis

UPDATE 3-7-20 9pm:

The Bartlesville Police Officer hospitalized Friday night for possible exposure of fentanyl has been released from the Ascension St. John Jane Phillips Medical Center.
 
Assistant Police Chief Rocky Bevard made the announcement Saturday evening during the F.O.P. Police Officer of the Year event to honor Sgt. Chris Neal. Beveard said Neal was also one of the officers administering Narcan to the downed officer.
 
Bevard said the affected officer released from the hospital was in fact back on the job Saturday night finishing his paperwork from Friday's incident.
 

ORIGINAL STORY:

On Friday evening a shift supervisor for the Bartlesville Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a passenger vehicle.

According to the BPD, the vehicle had two occupants. The driver was arrested on traffic violations, and the passenger ultimately arrested on several drug charges.

While the officer was packaging the evidence, the officer noticed that he was experiencing a possible exposure of fentanyl. The officer was able to inform other officers that were nearby writing reports that he was not feeling well. The officer then fell over and became momentarily unresponsive.

The other patrol officers administered Narcan immediately. The officer was transported to the Ascension St. John Jane Phillips Medical Center where he received seven more dosages of Narcan. Medical personal stated that the officer had come in contact with methamphetamine that was laced with fentanyl.


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