Dr Elizabeth Aston L.Aston@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Naloxone in Police Scotland - a Pilot Evaluation
People Involved
Prof Nadine Dougall N.Dougall@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Prof Inga Heyman I.Heyman@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Dr Jennifer Murray J.Murray2@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Dr Peter Hillen P.Hillen@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Hillen, P., Speakman, E. M., Jamieson, M., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (2025). Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland. Policing and Society, 35(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2367142In the context of escalating drug-related deaths, during 2021 Police Scotland implemented a pilot project incorporating naloxone training to test the carriage and administration of naloxone by officers. The current paper presents data from the evalua... Read More about Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland.
Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., & McAuley, A. (2023, June). Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. Presented at DRNS End of Phase Showcase 2023, Glasgow
Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P. (2022, December). Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. Presented at Scottish Police Authority Mental Health & Vulnerability Policing conference, Edinburgh
Evaluation of Naloxone pilot among police officers in Scotland: A public health approach to policing (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., Speakman, E., & McAuley, A. (2022, October). Evaluation of Naloxone pilot among police officers in Scotland: A public health approach to policing. Poster presented at The 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatis Care in Substance Users, Glasgow