“Thousands of New York City police officers will soon be carrying emergency antidotes to help deal with the recent spike in heroin overdoses, officials said Tuesday.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and city Police Commissioner William Bratton announced that the state is providing the New York Police Department with $1.17 million from civil and criminal forfeiture cases to pay for 19,500 kits intended to equip patrol officers, including those assigned to transit and housing bureaus.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.
*Read more here from AP / Seattle PI: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/NYPD-officers-to-carry-heroin-overdose-antidotes-5506007.php