@article{ref1,
title="Leveraging body-worn camera footage to better understand opioid overdoses and the impact of police-administered naloxone",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2022",
author="White, Michael D. and Watts, Seth and Orosco, Carlena and Perrone, Dina and Malm, Aili",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. To investigate what transpires at opioid overdoses where police administer naloxone and to identify the frequency with which concerns about police-administered naloxone are observed. <br><br>METHODS. We reviewed body-worn camera (BWC) footage of all incidents where a Tempe, Arizona police officer administered naloxone or was present when the Tempe Fire Medical Rescue (TFMR) administered it, from February 3, 2020 to May 7, 2021 (n = 168). We devised a detailed coding instrument and employed univariate and bivariate analysis to examine the frequency of concerns regarding police-administered naloxone. <br><br>RESULTS. Police arrived on scene before the TFMR in 73.7% of cases. In 88.6% of calls the individual was unconscious when police arrived, but 94.6% survived the overdose. The primary concerns about police-administered naloxone were rarely observed. There were no cases of improper naloxone administration or accidental opioid exposure to an officer. Aggression toward police from an overdose survivor rarely occurred (3.6%), and arrests of survivors (3.6%) and others on scene (1.2%) were infrequent. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. BWC footage provides a unique window into opioid overdoses. In Tempe, the concerns over police-administered naloxone are overstated. If results are similar elsewhere, those concerns are barriers that must be removed. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print July 21, 2022:e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306918).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2022.306918",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306918"
}