It was a dark 20 hours in New Bedford from Tuesday into Wednesday – there were four drug overdoses, a completed suicide and on attempted suicide in the city. At 6:09am on Tuesday, New Bedford police report an attempted suicide on Union Street. New Bedford police report overdoses at 8:45am, …

On Saturday, September 1, at approximately 3:57 p.m., members of the Dartmouth Police Department were dispatched to the Moby Dick Motel, located at #671 State Road, to assist EMS personnel with the suspected overdoses of a male and female patron. While on location, the female became combative and subsequently assaulted …

On Friday, March 23rd at approximately 2:00 pm, Sgt. Peter Flannery and Officer Nate Aronson responded to a motor vehicle that had traveled off Glen Charlie Road in the area of residence #144 and struck bushes and a snow bank. Upon arrival, officers noticed an adult female slumped over the …

Initial reports show that New Bedford saw an 18% drop in drug overdoses and a 25% drop in fatal overdoses in 2017 compared to 2016. It’s important to note that the death numbers can rise in the future as cases can be confirmed by the Office of the Chief Medical …

Narcan will now be issued to all Mattapoisett Police Officers. Although the Mattapoisett Police Department has carried Narcan on its Ambulances for decades, the increase in opioid overdoses in Mattapoisett has increased drastically over the past few years prompting this proactive step of outfitting each Officer with narcan. The opioid …

Finally some good news on the overdose front: New Bedford drug overdoses are down 9% in the first eight months of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016. According to the New Bedford police statistics, there were 378 drug overdoses in New Bedford from 1 January to 30 September …

The White House’s Opioid Commission sent a 10-page draft memo with some staging facts and recommendations to President Trump. This was in response to President Trump’s Executive Order on March 29th, 2017. Here are 7 takeaways and 9 recommendations from the commission: 1. According to the Centers for Disease Control …

Officers were dispatched to the 3200 block of Acushnet Avenue on a motor vehicle accident. As result officers arrested Robert Swain 52 of New Bedford. Through their investigation officers learned that the vehicle Swain was operating (Ford pick-up) crossed the double line striking a Nissan Sentra traveling in the opposite …

New Bedford police report five suspected drug overdoses over a 16-hour period on Monday into Tuesday with one death possibly a drug overdose. Rivet Street at 1:06pm (Apr 4) Rockdale Ave at 4:16pm (Apr 4) State Street at 8:41pm (Apr 4) Phillips Road – SouthCoast Condos at 1:16am (Apr 5) One of …

Five people accidentally overdosed in New Bedford on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017. Four of the overdoses occurred within 4 hours of each other.   This comes less than a week after 6 people overdoses on drugs on Thursday, March 2nd. The overdoses locations and times from yesterday: Beetle Street at …