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Sheriff’s office presents 2024 naloxone report; supervisors ask for a follow‑up on how drugs enter jails and withdrawal care
Summary
The committee received the Office of the Sheriff’s annual report on naloxone (Narcan) use in law enforcement and custody for calendar year 2024 and directed staff to return with a confidential briefing on suspected entry methods for contraband and a report from custody health on withdrawal care and medication‑assisted treatment.
Santa Clara County’s Public Safety & Justice Committee on June 25 received the Office of the Sheriff’s annual report on naloxone (Narcan) use in the Law Enforcement Services Bureau and the custody bureau for calendar year 2024. Committee members discussed methods by which drugs enter correctional facilities and asked for additional detail and policy options to reduce contraband inside jails.
The item had been placed on the consent calendar but supervisors kept it on the regular agenda so they could ask questions. Supervisor Lee requested the department return with detailed information about suspected pathways for contraband into jails, current drug‑screening and monitoring protocols, staff training practices, and available data on drug‑related incidents inside custody. Sheriff’s staff said they are expanding the canine drug‑detection program, have body scanners in use, and are exploring drone‑detection and response measures, while acknowledging some measures must be handled with operational confidentiality.
Supervisors also requested custody health come to the county Health & Hospitals Commission with a report on withdrawal care, including the use of medication‑assisted treatment and related policies and supervision protocols. County staff agreed that custody health could present that information to HHC so supervisors and committee members can review it.
Following discussion, the committee voted to receive the naloxone report and directed the Sheriff’s Office to return with the requested information and for custody health to brief HHC on withdrawal policies and medication‑assisted treatment.
