St. Louis County Police Receive National Heroin Education Award
St. Louis County Police Department Drug Task Force agents are receiving the 2012 “Outstanding Community Prevention Effort Award” in Washington, D.C. Thursday.
The heroin-deterrent “Not-Even-Once” campaign initiated in the St. Louis metropolitan area by St. Louis County Police Department officers is credited for a 30 percent drop in deaths from the drug since the effort was launched. The campaign's results also were noticed on a larger scale, resulting in the department just receiving a national award in heroin education. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) The award will be presented Thursday by President Barack Obama’s drug czar, director Gil Kerlikowske of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in Washington, D.C. The award is given to the task force that exhibits outstanding results in community support, assistance and education in using the cooperative …
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