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.