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Klamath County approves $35,000 from opioid settlement for officer wellness screenings
Summary
The board approved a $35,000 allocation from county opioid-settlement funds to pay for Sigma Tactical Wellness screenings for the local police department’s sworn officers after a presentation about officer cardiac risk and job-related health impacts.
Klamath County commissioners voted May 5 to allocate $35,000 from the county’s opioid‑settlement funds to pay for wellness screenings for the county’s police officers.
Sergeant Tyler Young, a patrol sergeant and wellness coordinator with the Clamoth Falls Police Department, asked the board to pay for Sigma Tactical Wellness screenings for sworn personnel. “The amount of opioid overdoses that I personally responded to, it's countless,” Young said,…
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