A 27-year-old man is recovering after deputies administered a dose of Naloxone to pull the man out of the throes of a drug overdose.

Deputies Fisher and Tomasko at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, responded to a Mission Viejo shopping center after a caller reported a man overdosing on heroin.

When deputies arrived, the man was unresponsive and not breathing. The deputies administered one dose of Naloxone, a nasal spray that can reverse the effects of an overdose, and the man regained consciousness.

He was taken to a local hospital for further treatment.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department launched a trial phase of the Naloxone program in October 2015, with full implementation of the program about a year later.

Since launching the program, deputies have administered Naloxone 33 times and have saved 30 lives. 

Stanton Calif. (May 17, 2017) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations in Stanton on Saturday, May 19, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Stanton Calif. (May 10, 2017) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations in Stanton on Saturday, May 12, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Stanton Calif. (May 2, 2017) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations in Stanton on Friday, May 4, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Santa Ana, Calif. (April 12, 2017)- On Wednesday, April 11, OCSD North Investigations and Special Victims Unit investigators arrested Mike Patrick Thomas, 50, of Tustin, on child annoyance charges related to inappropriate communication and contact with a female juvenile. Thomas is believed to have engaged in inappropriate contact, text messaging and conversations with the victim. During the investigation, it was discovered that a few years ago, Thomas was accused of inappropriate contact with another minor, who has since graduated from high school.

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