Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4026 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: JULY 2016 A stranded baby sea lion made some new friends — and received a new name — after being rescued from Stairwell Five at Ocean Beach early in the morning of Memorial Day. Officers from the Rich- mond District responded to calls regarding the baby sea lion, who was in distress. After they located it at Stair- well Five, the shivering pup approached the cops and tried to warm itself up next to them. Although the Richmond police officers could not de- termine if the baby sea lion was male or female, they gave it a nickname: “George Bison.” George is the call sign for officers assigned to the Richmond District, while the bison is the mascot of the station’s softball team. Officers stayed in contact with the Marine Mammal Center over the course of the morning, guarding the sea lion so that it wouldn’t acci- dentally head into oncoming traffic. The baby sea lion is now officially in the hands of the Marine Mammal Center. “We are confident the pup is in good hands with the experts at the Marine Mammal Center, and are hopeful it can return to the wild successfully,” said Sjan Francisco PD spokesperson Grace Gatpandan. Hey officer, you look warm, can I sit here? Sea lion gets an assist from officers Editor’s note: Agencies and officers have recently undergone a revolution when it comes to saving lives thanks to advances in medicine. By carrying drugs that reverse the effects of opioid overdose, cops are literally sav- ing thousands of people a year that likely would have died. But the development is not without controversy. Many law enforcement personnel have expressed frustration with the fact that police officers are now saving drug addicts at the expense of protecting the law- abiding. That being acknowledged, it’s hard to see where saving lives – even if it happens to be the life of an addict – is a waste of time or not what a cop’s job should be. Needless to say, the idea that the police don’t pick and choose whose lives they save is a comfort to many. In addition, it’s the kind of thing an agency can promote on various social media accounts to show the public what it is that cops actually do on the job. This story from the San Francisco PD is a case in point: Over the past year the San Francisco Police Department partnered with the Harm Reduction Coalition’s Drug Overdose Prevention and Education (DOPE) proj- ect. The collaboration has resulted in San Francisco Police cars being equipped with lifesaving Narcan kits. Officers have been trained on how to recognize life threatening opioide overdos- es from such drugs as heroin and prescription painkillers and administer the intrana- sal naloxone as an antidote. In the past three months, Officers Robby Willkorn, Daniel Kelly and Malek Jis- rawi all saved people using Narcan kits. Since 2015, San Fran- cisco Police officers have re- sponded to seven incidents in which Narcan kits have been used to save the lives of those experiencing an overdose. The Narcan kits have become an extremely use- ful tool in helping officers as first responders and in safeguarding lives. Game change Police meeting the challenges of opioid OD crisis head on t
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