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During COVID, another crisis continued: Opioid abuse on East End worsens over the last year
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Police Officer Andrew Graffagnino has been selected as Shelter Island’s Officer of the Year for 2020.
The announcement was made Tuesday by Police Chief Jim Read, who said that Officer Graffagnino’s performance should be the “standard of policing” as he “handles every assignment and call with a courteous and exceptionally positive attitude.”
Officer Graffagnino was selected after input from fellow officers and a review of departmental records and calls. He has consistently excelled over many years in arrest and vehicle and traffic enforcement, the chief said.
The officer was involved in a “noteworthy life-saving call,” when in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2020, he and Officer David McGayhey responded to a call of a newborn experiencing severe difficulty breathing.
Cops and county investigating Island drug overdose - Shelter Island Reporter
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Shelter Island Police Department (Credit: Tara Smith)
During the pandemic year of 2020, the number of overdoses from opiates and alcohol reported to the Shelter Island Police Department was seven, up by five from the year before.
And there was a steeper rise in domestic abuse/violence calls to the police.
The seven calls by people needing immediate medical assistance connected to drugs and alcohol last year was the same as in 2017 and 2015, according to police records. The lowest number of reported overdoses in the past seven years was in 2016, when there were only two calls for assistance.
Narcan, used by Shelter Island first responders as an anti-overdose medication administered as a nasal inhaler, is something of a miracle drug, bringing people back from the brink of an opioid-induced oblivion in a matter of seconds.