Sioux Falls Police carry NARCAN to save K-9 officers from overdosing

Published on August 12, 2018

Sioux Falls, S.D. – Opioid abuse is a growing epidemic across the country and for a while now, first responders have been stocking up on a nasal spray known as NARCAN. It’s not just humans in danger of overdosing. Often times the ones most at risk of encountering those dangerous drugs is man’s best friend.

Meet Dorack. He’s just one of the Sioux Falls Police Departments K-9 dogs trained to sniff out drugs.

“We regularly train our dogs using some of the opiates, heroin and drugs like that.” Officer Shannon Irish said.

The presence of those types of drugs and other opioids continue to rise.

“Some of these drugs like the fentanyl’s and the carfentanyl’s and the things are getting mixed in with street drugs like heroin. It’s very potent so potent that maybe people who are regular drug users, it’s too potent for them,” Irish said.

If they overdose NARCAN comes in. Watch Video