Bodycam Shows Florida Officer's Overdose During Drug Search

The Tavares Police Department says it released the footage as a warning on the danger of fentanyl. WESH's Anika Hope reports.

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[jtsfan]

How the wind got away without charges is beyond me.

[Terribleathletes]

I can sympathize with the officer, one time i walked past a liquor store and got blind drunk.

[de_stroyed]

It seems to be only in Florida that officers keep continuously overdosing on wind.

[CasualPhoenix]

I know fentanyl is a problem but how dumb do they think we are?

[reaganomicslamborghini]

Isn't it crazy that dealers and users never get contact overdose, only cops do

[dereksuntown]

We need to see the full body cam on how she did this search

[bigmoose]

She had a drug test coming up and pulled this stunt to save her job

[lenacheney]

As an ex junkie this is bs. I overdosed twice (with having a tolerance to boot) and have witnessed overdoses and your completely out cold and sometimes turn blue.

[shangerdanger]

so she took a hit? how was the person she pulled over carrying it without ODing, but she ODed by looking at it??

[ThatOkguy]

As an ex drug addict that has used fentanyl. I promise you that’s not how this happened. Either this officer has a problem, or she stuck her nose literally at the top of the bag while smelling. Either way, it’s a problem and we need to get this stuff off the streets!

[ghastin]

I was going to call BS on this but I see the comments have it covered.

[spreadneck]

Wide eyed and breathing, that's a panic attack, not an overdose on fentanyl.

[I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

The same thing happens to me. I sometimes overdose just from looking at a pharmacy.

[jaketaz]

I'm a healthcare worker who has experience both providing Fentanyl for medical purposes and treating people who have abused Fentanyl, and there are several elements of this story which make no sense at all. We're never told the method of exposure, just that she "saw that it was narcotics" and then she's on the ground. You can't just see it, there has to be a method of ingestion/inhalation. We're told the officer wore gloves "as she always did, " then the officer is shown on the ground with no gloves on. Am I to believe that you have an officer actively overdosing and you took the time to remove the gloves BEFORE GIVING NARCAN??? Which is somewhat irrelevant anyway as touching Fentanyl is not enough to OD, you would need a liquid medium to activate it which is why cutaneous Fentanyl requires a skin patch with gel substance, which is worn for HOURS. So I'm to believe she opened a bag with just... loose powdered Fentanyl (?) sitting in there, and inhaled enough to OD but the suspect who was in the same car was totally unaffected? Also it's... more than a little odd that body cam footage is available from every officer EXCEPT THE ONE MAKING THE CLAIM.

This whole thing is just extremely suspect.

[qfivshm]

As an alcoholic i smelled my drunk buddies breath and i couldn't believe how drunk i got i never have to buy alcohol again life is good and the cop deserves an Oscar 😮

[ldydi]

For the most part I think the word about this is out. At least where I am located. Same thing happened and the cops wanted to use the footage to show how dangerous it is to touch a couple of granules. The news followed up with medical experts on why the event could not have happened the way it was reported.

[LisaHale-ylvr]

As a former paramedic who has handled fentanyl, this is not possible. If this were true doctors, medics and nurses would be falling out all the time. This is psychosomatic, she is having an panic attack. They should have tested her blood at the hospital and I bet my life on it that she didn't have fentanyl in her system. Fentanyl patches have to be stuck on the skin for 1 -2 hours to absorb a tiny amount of the drug (patches are very slow release and stay on for 12, or 24 or 48 hours) and powdered fentanyl has to be ingested (swallowed), or inhaled via your nose, or smoked or injected. And when you overdose you become completely unresponsive, your eyes roll back in your head and your skin is extremely pale, your lips are blue, your breathing is very shallow. Then you stop breathing altogether and your heart stops beating. This happens very rapidly. I have narcaned 200+ people, this is not a fentanyl overdose just her anxiety, psychosomatic or she is faking it cuz its not an overdose

[scottadcock]

The whole ‘police officer encountering fentanyl on the street and almost dying of an overdose’ psychological phenomenon is fascinating.

[bodhi]

This was determined to be an anxiety attack. Research shows that this doesn't happen.

[ipwnyoudiehaha]

My god...I almost overdosed from just watching this video....stay safe kids!