The decision to equip Anchorage officers with the overdose-reversing drug Narcan marks a departure from a longstanding practice of having paramedics, rather than police, carry the potentially life-saving medication.
Some participants in the protest carried naloxone overdose rescue kits to hand out downtown. Several people gathered in front of Anchorage Police headquarters on 4th Avenue to urge police officers to carry naloxone on August 2, 2022. , a drug that can quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose that might otherwise be fatal.
While most other major law enforcement agencies in the state have their officers carry naloxone, Anchorage police officers have never carried the overdose reversal drug. Oistad said she could not provide an exact date for when the policy would be finalized, or when it would go into effect. She said that the process of implementing a new policy can take a few months.The policy includes a plan for training officers to carry Narcan, including when they should and shouldn’t use it, according to Jeremy Conkling, president of the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association.
During a public safety meeting in August, Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle said the department would consider the change, referring to the article published earlier that week. It included an interview with Dr. Mike Levy, Anchorage EMS areawide medical director with the Anchorage Fire Department, who expressed openness to the idea of officers carrying Narcan.
CPR cannot reverse an overdose, but it can make sure a person continues to get oxygen to their heart and brain, which Levy said is extremely important once someone has gone into cardiac arrest.
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