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6.1.D. - Page 1 <br />REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />September 10, 2018 <br />SUBJECT <br />Response to San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Report: "LAW ENFORCEMENT <br />OFFICERS + NARCAN = LIVES SAVED FROM OPIOID OVERDOSES" <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By motion, approve the City's response to the San Mateo Civil Grand Jury Report <br />entitled "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS + NARCAN = LIVES SAVED FROM <br />OPIOID OVERDOSES", designated as Attachment 2, and authorize the Mayor to <br />execute and transmit Attachment 2 <br />BACKGROUND <br />On June 28, 2018, the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued a report containing <br />findings and recommendations regarding equipping and training local law enforcement <br />officers in the use of intranasal naloxone (trade name Narcan®) to reduce or prevent <br />deaths from opioid overdoses. Naloxone (naloxone hydrochloride) is an opioid antidote <br />that blocks opioid overdose and reverses its symptoms. It is a safe, non-narcotic drug <br />that can be easily administered nasally or by injection. Naloxone is considered safe <br />enough to administer as a diagnostic tool with unresponsive patients to eliminate opioid <br />overdose as a possible cause. <br />In 2016, opioid deaths in California exceeded 1,900, including 19 people in San Mateo <br />County. Opioid overdose may induce respiratory failure which, if left untreated, will lead <br />to severe brain damage and death within minutes. Administration of naloxone is the <br />standard emergency treatment to reverse opioid overdose. Naloxone is safe, fast <br />acting, and effective, having been used by medical personnel since 1971. Equipping law <br />enforcement officers with intranasal naloxone can expedite treatment for overdose <br />victims and officers who are accidentally exposed to opioids or powerful fentanyl <br />derivatives. Law enforcement officers, following approximately one hour of training, can <br />easily administer intranasal naloxone to opioid overdose victims. Equipping law <br />enforcement officers with intranasal naloxone empowers them to protect the public and <br />themselves from opioid overdose. Officer -carry naloxone programs will not expose <br />