The Suffolk County Police Department provided 162 doses of Narcan to attendees at Babylon’s Summer Block Party event on July 17, while The Purple Rock Project helped people memorialize their loved one’s lost to overdose by writing a name on a rock.
The Narcan training was conducted by SCPD Emergency Medical Service Officers Jason Byron and Alex Trzepizur, who work closely with the SCPD’s Behavioral Health Section and SCPD’s Community Relations Bureau. Byron educated the public on how accidental opioid exposures can affect individuals of any age, and that simply having Narcan in the home does not indicate substance abuse, but rather preparedness and care for loved ones.
Parent Carole Trottere, who lost her son Alex to fentanyl, met several family members who had lost loved ones to overdose and helped them create memorial rocks and also distributed information from Long Island Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the Drug Enforcement Administration. For more information about the Purple Rock Project: email catrottere@gmail.com. For more information about the SCPD’s Narcan training opportunities, contact 631-853-7067 or email jason.byron@suffolkcounty.gov.
Look for the SCPD Narcan training table and the Purple Rocks at the following events this summer: