Bannick found narcotics in a rolled-up dollar bill inside the vehicle she and the other officers pulled over.
A Florida police officer was given three doses of Narcan after she was exposed to fentanyl and reportedly overdosed during a traffic stop Tuesday.
Bannick found narcotics — which police believe contained the deadly drug — in a rolled-up dollar bill inside the vehicle she and the other officers pulled over, according to local reports.Another officer at the scene heard her choking and breathless over her radio and walked over.
The officers believe Bannick, who was wearing gloves when handling the narcotics, may have been exposed due to the wind blowing the drugs into her system. The officers planned to test the substance at the station and not at the scene because it was so windy. She requested that the alarming video be released in order to spread awareness of the dangers of fentanyl.
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