TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) The uptick in heroin overdoses has changed the role of law enforcement across our area. Police departments are overwhelmed with the growing health emergency.

They're investigating heroin overdoses as a crime. TPD started carrying the life saving nasal spray narcan in February of this year.
Toledo police have successfully used the drug 144 times to save lives.
How Toledo police officers are on the front lines of this epidemic, plus the sad reality of how heroin can affect so many lives including the men and women in blue who work so hard to save them.
Monday at 6pm on 13abc Action News