Efforts to help drug addicts in St. Tammany Parish were discussed during the Leadership St. Tammany Alumni Foundation breakfast March 14 in Covington.
Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz and New Orleans Mission executive director David Bottner, both graduates of Leadership St. Tammany, discussed how their organizations have worked together to provide resources and hope for drug addicts in St. Tammany Parish.
Since Operation Angel launched in St. Tammany Parish in May , Lentz said, more than 100 people have asked for help. Still, he said, the parish recorded at least 54 deaths by drug overdose in 2016, compared with five by homicide.
