Wheeling's police department is requesting over $77k of opioid settlement funds to purchase a side-by-side citing 'homelessness.' Some councilors voiced concerns.
So let me get this straight, the cops want to be prepared arrest more people for their opioid addictions and the firefighters want to be prepared to help more opioid related incidents. Where is the proposal to create more support for addicted individual to break their addictions? What options do addicts have in Wheeling to begin with and can more be done outside of just waiting for individuals to overdose like it seems the police and fire department are preparing for with their proposals for the funds? Sounds like exploiting addiction for opioid sourced revenue streams. Where is the empathy?
So let me get this straight, the cops want to be prepared arrest more people for their opioid addictions and the firefighters want to be prepared to help more opioid related incidents. Where is the proposal to create more support for addicted individual to break their addictions? What options do addicts have in Wheeling to begin with and can more be done outside of just waiting for individuals to overdose like it seems the police and fire department are preparing for with their proposals for the funds? Sounds like exploiting addiction for opioid sourced revenue streams. Where is the empathy?