Chicago police to treat drug overdose scenes as potential homicides in effort to hold drug dealers accountable
WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) There is a new effort underway in Chicago to hold drug dealers accountable for overdose deaths.
DuPage, Lake and McHenry counties have been pursuing charges ever since the state s drug-induced homicide law was put into place. Now, Chicago police will treat drug overdose scenes as potential homicide scenes. When they eventually rule that, hey, the cause and manner here was overdose, if detectives processed the scene accordingly on the front end, then we can go back, work with our narcotics officers, we can try to figure out where they purchased from, said Chief Brendan Deenihan, Chicago Police Dept.