Officer Recovering After Possible Fentanyl Exposure

HOUSTON, TX – A Houston Police officer who may have been exposed to fentanyl, became ill during a disturbance call Wednesday morning.

Officials with the Houston Police Department said officers were responding to a trespassing call at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 9090 Southwest Freeway at about 6 a.m.

"Workers here called because there was a male who was intoxicated that they wanted to leave, and he wouldn't leave," said HPD Assistant Police Chief W. Baimbridge.

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By the time officers arrived at the hotel, the man had left.

Investigators said hotel personnel let the officers into the man's room, where the officer found narcotics.

Baimbridge said the officer placed the baggie of evidence in his patrol car, and immediately started feeling ill.

The officer was administered Narcan – an emergency treatment administered for opioid overdoses – and was taken to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital where he is in stable condition.

Meanwhile, police are looking for the man who reserved the room.

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