CANANDAIGUA - The Ontario County Board of Supervisors' Public Safety Committee has voted to accept funds for training and equipping deputies with Naloxone, an antidote to overdoses from heroin and other opiates.

Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero asked the committee to reserve $5,640, made available through a New York state grant that would reimburse the costs associated with 94 Naloxone kits ordered by the county.

In July, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution that allows trained deputies to carry Naloxone, the medication that can reverse an opiate-related overdose. The medication is administered to a person in the form of a nasal mist.

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