Sheriff's office deploys handheld drug analyzers to speed testing and reduce officer exposure
Sep 22, 2025
Clatsop County purchased two handheld Therma/TruNarc drug analyzers to allow rapid, on-site testing of seized substances. Sheriff’s staff said the devices improve officer safety, provide immediate chemical identification from a library of hundreds of substances and speed data-sharing with public health and emergency departments.
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Clatsop County — The Clatsop County Sheriff's Office has acquired two handheld narcotics analyzers and is making them available to local agencies for immediate, on-scene drug testing, Christina Schultz, the county's deflection program coordinator, told the advisory council.
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