There have been numerous reports in recent years of first responders “overdosing” after coming in contact with unknown powdered substances, but medical.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri asked the county March 28 to invest hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in contactless technology to field-test suspected drugs. To him, the promise of
Researchers have concluded in recent years that accidental exposure to fentanyl poses low risk to police. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says contactless testing is a matter of life or death.