KROT, Nashville—A routine SWAT raid nearly turned deadly when SWAT specialist Will Sanders touched a “7⠼⠛” elevator button with fentanyl residue on the surface.Substance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Oh good gravy train. So incredible that this scenario actually happens in real life. I just can’t understand cops. I would love to be a fly on the wall during the training (?) cops get when they are about to deal with drugs. “Do NOT touch any person or thing that might have ANY contact with fentanyl. Even with gloves on, you could overdose and die. Better to freak out and violently subdue everyone in the area even if they have no involvement with the warrant/arrest. Make sure a hazmat team handles any substance suspected of containing fentanyl. Well, to be on the safe side, assume any heroin or cocaine or powder is fentanyl and don’t touch if you value your life and lives of fellow officers.”
Oh good gravy train. So incredible that this scenario actually happens in real life. I just can’t understand cops. I would love to be a fly on the wall during the training (?) cops get when they are about to deal with drugs. “Do NOT touch any person or thing that might have ANY contact with fentanyl. Even with gloves on, you could overdose and die. Better to freak out and violently subdue everyone in the area even if they have no involvement with the warrant/arrest. Make sure a hazmat team handles any substance suspected of containing fentanyl. Well, to be on the safe side, assume any heroin or cocaine or powder is fentanyl and don’t touch if you value your life and lives of fellow officers.”