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Thursday, August 7, 2014
ENP STAFF REPORTS
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It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it.
Lockport Police Department Det. Lt. Todd Chenez was found Wednesday afternoon cleaning out the LPD drug drop box located in the foyer of the communications room at police headquarters.
Chenez said the box fills up quickly. Sometimes it's cleaned out weekly, while other times it has to be emptied every couple days.
The drug drop box is there for residents to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs — and they do — along with everything else in their medicine cabinet. Some people drop half-used jars of vaseline in the box. Oftentimes, residents drop off the one thing the box says not to: hypodermic needles.
As Chenez cleaned out the box, he wore latex gloves and worked diligently to prevent from getting stuck from a needle that could have been in the box. Fortunately, there wasn't on Wednesday. But other times there are.
If a member of LPD should get stuck by a hypodermic needle, even if it appears to be unused, they must undergo a drug treatment for as much as six months. It's a scary scenario.
The drug drop box is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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LPD Det. Lt. Todd Chenez cleans out the drug drop box
at police headquarters Wednesday. (ENP STAFF PHOTO)
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Lockport Police Department Det. Lt. Todd Chenez was found Wednesday afternoon cleaning out the LPD drug drop box located in the foyer of the communications room at police headquarters.
Chenez said the box fills up quickly. Sometimes it's cleaned out weekly, while other times it has to be emptied every couple days.
The drug drop box is there for residents to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs — and they do — along with everything else in their medicine cabinet. Some people drop half-used jars of vaseline in the box. Oftentimes, residents drop off the one thing the box says not to: hypodermic needles.
As Chenez cleaned out the box, he wore latex gloves and worked diligently to prevent from getting stuck from a needle that could have been in the box. Fortunately, there wasn't on Wednesday. But other times there are.
If a member of LPD should get stuck by a hypodermic needle, even if it appears to be unused, they must undergo a drug treatment for as much as six months. It's a scary scenario.
The drug drop box is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Send an email to news@eastniagarapost.com with "email update" in the subject line.
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