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‘I’m not going to let you die’: Deputy collapses after handling suspected fentanyl

The Sheriff’s Department releases video showing the July 3 overdose. Sheriff Bill Gore calls fentanyl one of the ‘greatest threats’ facing region

San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy David Faiivae gets aid from his Field Training Officer, Corporal Scott Crane, after being exposed to Fentanyl on July 3, 2021.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy David Faiivae gets aid from his Field Training Officer, Corporal Scott Crane, after being exposed to Fentanyl on July 3, 2021.
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SAN DIEGO  — Authorities say the accidental fentanyl exposure hit Deputy David Faiivae quickly. It was an overdose, they said, and he was dying.

A body-worn camera caught the moment Faiivae collapsed flat on his back in a San Marcos parking lot last month, seconds after he finished testing a white powder he’d suspected was either cocaine or fentanyl, according to the San Diego County Sher ...

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