07-02-2018 00:19 via wivb.com

Agencies using new technology to track overdoses

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police cruisers at agencies around our region are equipped with computers using a software program called the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Map.
Officers, like Lt. Brian Gould, use the equipment to log where overdoses are happening. After they respond to one, they log onto the system in their cruisers which put a GPS and time stamp on note before the officer selects one of six responses describing the overdose – choosing if the person l
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