While fentanyl overdoses soar to record levels, concerns have grown over the fact that police K-9s in Washington aren’t actually trained to detect the drug.
This week state representatives discussed House Bill 1635, which calls for police K-9s to be trained to detect fentanyl.
“Fentanyl is an epidemic at all odds with safety and people in Washington state, and this particular drug, I think if not for the COVID epidemic, would be the number one epidemic across the state,” said WA State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker for District 14.
The bill calls for training standards to be developed by the Criminal Justice Training Commission by Dec. 1, 2024.
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