Paying Attention

Tom Duggan welcomes 4 local police chiefs to talk about the opioid crisis. The chiefs participating are Chuck Gray from North Andover, Jim Riter from Boxford, Alan DeNaro from Haverhill and Joe Solomon from Methuen. Our host Tom Duggan of the Valley Patriot discusses: There are fewer reported overdoses, but the number is actually going up but is masked by the use of Narcan Can the police send people to treatment? How has the opioid crisis affected Boxford? What is Chief Riter seeing at the high school level? Does Haverhill have to deal more with the gang and distribution problems? Haverhill has doubled the amount of Narcan they carry in cruisers How are things going in Methuen? Is there a correlation between opioid abuse and homelessness? What is Chief Gray seeing with the homeless in North Andover? Is Boxford having any homeless issues? Chief Solomon talks about what Methuen is doing to address the opioid crisis Are things improving with the opioid crisis? Is there a shortage of faith-based reh