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Montgomery County commissioners discuss using opioid settlement funds to equip patrol cars with AEDs
Summary
County officials discussed a proposal from the sheriff’s office to use a portion of opioid settlement funds to buy automated external defibrillators for patrol vehicles; commissioners asked for documentation that the purchases meet settlement criteria.
The Montgomery County Commission discussed a sheriff’s office proposal to use opioid settlement funds to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for patrol vehicles.
The sheriff’s office presented the request during the meeting’s agenda item on possible uses for opioid settlement money. “The sheriff is requesting that we use opioid settlement money to purchase AEDs for the patrol vehicles,” Chief Murphy said. He added that counsel for the public examiners and the attorney general had provided letters indicating the funds can be used for non-opioid incidents and…
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