A Police Officer's Story

This story has been provided by the Delta Police to Delta Optimist (March 14, 2022) as part of the End the Stigma Campaign.

More than 2,200 people died of drug toxicity in 2021, and 19 of those individuals were Delta residents. This is a crisis that has touched many families, including that of a Delta Police officer.

Former Sergeant Kevin Jones, who retired in February 2022, last saw his daughter Sara in November 2017. She died of an Opiate overdose in January 2018, at age 28 leaving behind two young children.

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