Pandemic causes opioid overdoses to skyrocket in Volusia County
Drug counselors meeting overdose patients in hospital rooms
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Larry Brooks, a peer recovery “specialist” at SMA Healthcare in Volusia County, is often the first person and the best person to speak with addicts who are lucky enough to make it to the hospital after they overdose on opioids.
What makes him a specialist?
“Someone who’s been where they’ve been,” Brooks said. “I’m a person in recovery myself and identify myself as that when I’m talking to the patients.”
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Brooks spends half of his days stationed inside the emergency department at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, on call and ready to counsel patients who’ve overdosed.
To combat shooting violence, what’s old is new again in Daytona Beach
PD’s most powerful policing tool: Park, Walk and Talk
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Within weeks of former Daytona Beach Deputy Chief Jakari Young’s appointment to Chief of Police, shooting violence exploded across his city.
Six shootings injured nine people and killed four, including a teenager on a basketball court that was fighting over a girl.
The newly-promoted Chief decided immediately to recommit to connecting with the community: :
Jakari Young had only been the newly-appointed Daytona Beach Police Chief for a few weeks when shooting violence exploded in his city last November.