Along with guns and two-way radios, RCMP officers in Saskatchewan will soon be carrying Naloxone kits. Doctors in Saskatchewan are urging municipal police officers to carry naloxone, an opiate blocker which can prevent fentanyl overdoses. The move follows cases of officers in British Columbia accidentally inhaling fentanyl particles while doing check stops and interviewing suspects. "If the RCMP can train their officers to do it, well then why can't our city police?" Butt explained that the powder fentanyl is showing up more in B.C., Alberta and Ontario due to where the drug is imported from and how it's distributed.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2016 00:11 UTC