Addiction

I believe as police leaders will should help with addiction in our communities that we serve.  I adopted the safe passage program and it has been a success, not just in helping the addicts recover it helps your community.  It shows the community you serve that your department cares, it also lowers your crime rate statistics show.  If you have a chance look it up and take action.  Be safe.

Recovery

Kincaid Police wants you to know we will help anyone with addiction, if you take that first step and ask for help. On Thursday last week a young lady and her mother came into the station and the young lady asked for help. She was tired of almost dying from overdosing several times and her life was unmanageable, she is also a mother of young children. Kincaid Police spent several hours to find her a rehab center due to insurance issues. The earliest opening was six weeks away. This is way too long, she is here we have to get treatment today or stand a chance of her going getting high I advised the rehab centers all I was getting was we are full. We were able to locate a place three hours away, the first bed was not available till today at 8:30am. We were all concerned that 6 days is a long time. We kept in constant contact with the family, I am happy saying she made it to the center this morning at 8:30. We all pray that she stays the whole program to get clean and sober for herself and her kids. I want to thank her mother for being so consistent to getting her treatment. I wish the state had more resources to get individuals treatment faster.

Be Well

Chief 

Trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency. 

August 31st, 2017 Overdose Awareness Day.

 

 

I went to a round table gathering on August 24th, 2017 with several other Police Chiefs and Dignitaries from my home State of Illinois.  We focused on the Heroin Epidemic and brainstormed what we can do to solve the problem. 

We have answers its if we can get certain laws passed through legislation.  Until then it is up to each community starting with the leaders of every police organization to educate your community on this problem.  Be very proactive against the dealers that are putting this drug in the hands of the addicts and help the addicts recover.  Please as a Police Chief I urge other Chiefs to speak to your members and get a plan to attack this epidemic.  Please reach out to me with any questions or suggestions.

Runner up for Illinois Officer of the Year (American Legion) very humbled to be a finalist July 14th, 2017.

Drug Deaths in America are Rising Faster Than Ever

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The

New York Times headline of June 6th, 2017 says it all:

“Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever”

The accompanying story documents the steep rise in overdose deaths year on year since 1980 (around 10,000 deaths) – with the sharpest rise coming in the past few years (2017 projected to exceed 70,000).The direct culprits are street drugs heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil. However, the root cause lies with prescription opioids supplied by the U.S. medical and pharmaceutical industries.

Today, more than 2 million Americans ages 12 and older suffer from opioid

Addiction. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death, with more than 40% of those fatalities traced to opiates. According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, between 1999 and 2008, the sale of prescription pain relievers, rates of admission to substance abuse

treatment centers, and number of deaths due to opioid overdose rose in parallel with one another. This demonstrates a direct correlation between how we administer opioids to patients and the descent into addiction experienced by many as a result of these powerful medications.

Illinois passes bill to have all Police Departments to carry narcan.