Behind the Badge
Fullerton PD officer uses Naloxone to save man from dying of heroin overdose
0The graveyard patrol shift already had been pretty eventful for Fullerton PD Officer Long Phan, with heavy rains stranding several motorists. But at around 11:28 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, Phan’s shift was about to get even more eventful. Phan, a military veteran who joined the FPD in May 2015, was the first patrol officer to arrive in response to a possible heroin overdose. Inside a single-stall bathroom at a Park & Ride at 3000 W. Orangethorpe Ave., Phan found a 23-year-old may lying on his back. The man’s breathing was labored, and Phan noticed a fresh puncture mark on his…
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