New Program Enables Law Enforcement to Carry Overdose Antidote

The Community Overdose Prevention (COP) Program will enable every state and local law enforcement officer to carry Naloxone, the antidote that can instantly reverse the effects of of an opiate overdose.

The COP Program will provide funding to equip each state and local officer with Naloxone and to train the officers to properly administer the life saving drug.

In 2011 opioid overdoses killed over 2,000 New Yorkers, twice as many than in 2004. From 2006-2010 fatal heroin doses increased by 45% with numbers continuing to rise.