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6A .D. u Page 31 'd with no more than one hour of training. Response - The City agrees with the finding. Finding 4: Fire department and ambulance paramedics are the only emergency responders within the County currently carrying naloxone. Response - The City partially agrees with the finding. Officers and deputies assigned to the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force, San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force, and San Mateo County Crime Suppression Unit have also been trained and equipped with intranasal naloxone and are carrying it while on duty. Finding 5: Law enforcement officers may arrive at the scene of opioid overdose before paramedics. Response - The City agrees with the finding. Finding 6: Law enforcement officers' risk of accidental exposure to fentanyl derivatives varies based on their roles and responsibilities. Narcotics units, crime suppression units, SWAT teams, K-9 units, and evidence -handling units are at a heightened risk of exposure. Response - The City agrees with the finding. Finding 7: Certain law enforcement officers and Sheriff's Forensic Lab and Coroner's Office personnel are at heightened risk of exposure to fentanyl derivatives. Response - The City agrees with the finding. Finding 8: Equipping and training officers with intranasal naloxone is inexpensive and the associated costs can be absorbed into existing programs and budgets. Response - The City agrees with the finding. Recommendations Recommendation 1: Train and equip law enforcement officers at heightened risk of exposure to fentanyl derivatives with intranasal naloxone as a minimum standard of practice by December 31, 2018 The City agrees with the recommendation and the Police Department is in the process of implementing the recommendation. The Police Department is currently in the process of developing policy, conducting and certifying training, and starting the process to identify resources to implement an intranasal naloxone program for officers and evidence technicians. Our goal is to have the program operational before December 31, 2018. Recommendation 2: Evaluate training and equipping all law enforcement officers with intranasal naloxone in order to protect themselves and the general public by December 31, 2018.