Nevada Highway Patrol to equip officers with overdose reversal drug

By Jessie Bekker / Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 28, 2018 - 4:04 pm

Updated June 28, 2018 - 4:16 pm

Nevada Highway Patrol (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Nevada Highway Patrol announced Thursday that it will equip officers who undergo training with the opioid-overdose reversal drug, naloxone.

Each trooper that completes the hourlong online training will be given two doses of the naloxone nasal spray, sold under the brand Narcan, according to a news release from the Nevada Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Division.

The training, which debuted Wednesday, is not mandatory, Trooper Jason Buratczuk said.

The drug can be used up to an hour and a half after a person has overdosed on an opioid, including heroin, the release said. Once administered, naloxone causes a person to enter withdrawal.

There were 12.8 opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 Nevadans in 2016, according to state data.

Contact Jessie Bekker at jbekker@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4563. Follow @jessiebekks on Twitter.

A marker for Tonopah, near where the BLM land sale is proposed, is seen in a file photo. (David ...

Oil company may buy 200 acres of Nevada’s public land

By Alan Halaly / RJ

July 1, 2024 - 5:23 pm

The oil refinery has leased its land since the ’80s. The project is fueling some concerns about how the burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet.

A Metro police vehicle in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Mother faces second degree murder charge in 1-year-old’s fentanyl-related death

By Noble Brigham / RJ

July 1, 2024 - 5:29 pm

Kiera McCall also had told her neighbors that “the baby might have gotten into some heroin under the bed,” a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report said.

This is an undated photo of a portion of “City,” the land art sculpture by Michae ...

3 hours outside of Las Vegas, City is an escape from reality

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

July 1, 2024 - 1:57 pm

A massive art sculpture located in a remote Lincoln County valley offers views an escape from reality.

FDA recalls chocolate, gummies after illness reported in Nevada

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

July 1, 2024 - 11:24 am

The FDA and the CDC have issued a recall for products that led to illnesses in multiple states, including Nevada.

Police used K9, sedation to arrest former Nevada lawmaker

By Noble Brigham / RJ

July 1, 2024 - 7:50 pm

Steven Brooks, the first lawmaker expelled from the Nevada Assembly, was cursing, “yelling incoherently” and stumbling when he got out of his car, police said.

Former assemblyman’s attorney asks for competency evaluation

By Noble Brigham / RJ

June 28, 2024 - 9:05 pm

Steven Brooks, the first Nevada Legislature member to be expelled, remained in jail after Friday’s hearing. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI and assault.

Scorpions, coyotes, snakes, oh my: How to report wildlife concerns in Las Vegas

By Alan Halaly / RJ

June 28, 2024 - 9:03 pm

The Nevada Department of Wildlife’s game wardens regularly respond to wildlife-related incidents, and assist Las Vegas and Henderson police when needed.

Lawsuit says medical transit company caused woman’s death after she burned feet

By Noble Brigham / RJ

June 26, 2024 - 11:51 am

A Clark County lawsuit claims a medical transit company forced a woman to walk across hot pavement in thin socks, leading to second-degree burns and causing her death over a year later.

Paul Herrera (Metropolitan Police Department)

Laughlin man arrested in girlfriend’s shooting death

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

June 25, 2024 - 5:39 pm

Paul Herrera, 43, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a charge of open murder, police said.

An aerial photo shows homes at the corner of Ann Road and Donna Street in North Las Vegas, on F ...

Nevada’s 3rd-largest city: North Las Vegas or Reno?

By Annie Vong / RJ

June 25, 2024 - 6:00 am

North Las Vegas was once known as a bootlegging settlement and Reno as a “cow county,” so how have both cities changed their image and economic reputation over time?