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Coeur d'Alene police outline new opioid task force, warn fentanyl is reshaping local drug scene
Summary
Sergeant Eric Boardman told the City Council that fentanyl and polysubstance use have transformed overdoses in the region and described the new task force’s duties: overdose response, community training and investigations.
Sergeant Eric Boardman of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department told the City Council on Feb. 4 that the city’s new opioid task force will focus on overdose response, community and first-responder training, partnerships with health providers and investigations into illicit opioid trafficking.
Boardman gave a 25-minute presentation during a council meeting after Chief White introduced the program, which the council funded last year using opioid settlement dollars. “The landscape of narcotics and illicit drug use has changed significantly in the last 10 years,” Sergeant Eric Boardman said, adding that fentanyl and polysubstance use now dominate local cases.
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