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 / Modified may 14, 2021 12:28 p.m.

Tucson Police Department unit investigating more overdose-related deaths

So far in 2021 the department has investigated more than 80 deaths associated with overdoses
by Kassandra Lau

A Tucson Police unit responsible for investigating crimes associated with drug activity has responded to more than 80 overdose-related deaths since January. That’s according to Sgt. Dallas Hearn with the department’s Counter Narcotics Alliance. Hearn discussed the types of drugs commonly involved in its investigations, how they are spreading across the community and his unit’s role in interdicting them.

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