A group of San Diego County probation officers helped to save a life last week during a routine home visit, administering two doses of the drug naloxone to a 38-year-old local man who was suffering from a suspected opioid overdose.
The County of San Diego has announced a new Chief Medical Examiner to lead an office with 57 personnel and a budget of $12.1 million responsible for the county’s medicolegal forensic death investigations.
Five years ago, San Marcos resident Antonio Ramirez says, he was a teenager who was struggling with school, authority, peer pressure, gang influences, and the tragic death of a friend; luckily, he found his direction in life with help from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and a little RESPECT.
The San Diego County Office of Emergency Services (OES) has significantly improved the ability to open and maintain emergency shelters and local assistance centers in the county by increasing their number of qualified shelter workers and managers by 67% as of Dec. 1.
